Axiom Space Mission 4

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Tourism

Low Earth Orbit Unknown Pad Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Unknown F9 - Landing Zone 1

This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 18, 2024, 2:12 a.m.

NET late April 2025.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.

NET Spring 2025.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 6, 2023, 2:07 a.m.

NET October 2024.



Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


Unknown F9


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage will attempt to land back at the launch site after this flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

Crew Dragon


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 4 Crew Capacity: 4 Payload Capacity: 6000 kg
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: TBD

The specific spacecraft for this launch is currently unknown.

Crew Dragon 2 Details

Crew


Peggy Whitson

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( AXS )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Feb. 9, 1960
Age: 64

Shubhanshu Shukla

Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( ISRO )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Oct. 10, 1985
Age: 39

Sławosz Uznański

Mission Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( ESA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: April 12, 1984
Age: 40

Tibor Kapu

Mission Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Nov. 5, 1991
Age: 33

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 432 Failures: 12 Pending: 111

Agency Type:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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