SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Axiom Mission 3 Crew to ISS

AX-3 is Axiom Space's third private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew consists of commander and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, pilot Col. Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, Turkish mission specialist Alper Gezeravci, and ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden

Instantaneous launch attempt on January 17th at 4:49PM EST (21:49 UTC)

Mission: F9 launch of Axiom-3 with Crew Dragon Freedom to the International Space Station
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit, 51.6 degree inclination
Booster: B1080-5; 87d 19h 54min turnaround
Booster history: Axiom-2, Euclid, Starlink Group 6-11, and Starlink Group 6-24
Booster recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1)
Capsule: C212-3 (Freedom); 231d 19h 7min turnaround
Capsule history: Crew-4 and Axiom-2
Capsule recovery: Megan or Shannon
Rocket trajectory: Northeast hugging the east coast of the United States
Stubby nozzle: NO
Mission Commander: Michael López-Alegría (United States, Spain) - 6th spaceflight
Mission Pilot: Walter Villadei (Italy) - 2nd spaceflight
Mission Specialist: Alper Gezeravci (Turkey) - 1st spaceflight
Mission Specialist: Marcus Wandt (Sweden) - 1st spaceflight
Stats:
· SpaceX's 6th launch of the year and the 6th launch of the month
· 271st Falcon orbital launch since Amos 6, F9's 290th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 73rd launch from LC-39A
· 34th landing on LZ-1 out of 35 attempts
· 191st successful landing since the last failed one
· 43rd orbital flight of a Dragon spacecraft and 12th human spaceflight by SpaceX
· This mission will bring up to 46 the total of people sent by SpaceX to orbit

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