Axiom Space Mission 5

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Tourism

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Unknown F9 - Landing Zone 40

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 for a month.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 30, 2026, 11:49 p.m.

NET January 2027.


Nosu • Sept. 20, 2023, 7:26 a.m.

Adding launch NET late 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
  • Stages
    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 land back at the launch site after this flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

Crew Dragon


Active Human Rated Unmanned 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

SpaceX

SpaceX

(SpX)

CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 619 Failures: 15 Pending: 124

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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