A departing astronaut crew left behind a peanut butter surprise in space. Ax-3, a four-astronaut mission leaving the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Crew Dragon “Freedom” from SpaceX, made a special call-out in the minutes after undocking at 9:20 a.m. EST (1320 GMT) earlier today (Feb. 7), on their way to returning to Earth two […]
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will return to Earth Friday morning (Feb. 9), wrapping up the private Ax-3 astronaut mission. Ax-3‘s Crew Dragon “Freedom” is expected to make a parachute-aided ocean splashdown off the coast of Florida on Friday around 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT), according to NASA. You can watch the reentry action live […]
The four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission will depart the International Space Station in their SpaceX Dragon capsule on Saturday morning (Feb. 3) and you can watch the action live. Ax-3‘s Crew Dragon “Freedom” is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab Saturday at 6:05 a.m. EST (1105 GMT), according to NASA officials. You […]
A new view from inside the International Space Station captures a dizzying number of experiments underway in orbit. European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Marcus Wandt recently shared a photo he took while floating in the microgravity environment of the orbiting lab’s Destiny module. Destiny is the International Space Station‘s primary research laboratory and is […]
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Freedom will arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) early Saturday morning (Jan. 20) with the four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission, and you can watch the action live. Ax-3 launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday (Jan. 18), kicking off a roughly 36-hour orbital pursuit. That chase is […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — SpaceX just launched another private astronaut mission toward the International Space Station (ISS). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here today (Jan. 18) at 4:49 p.m. EST (2149 GMT), sending the Crew Dragon capsule “Freedom” skyward on Ax-3, the third mission […]
We’ll have to wait one more day for SpaceX’s launch of the next private astronaut mission. SpaceX announced on Wednesday (Jan. 17) that the launch of Axiom Space’s Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed by a day, to 4:49 p.m. EST (2149 GMT) on Thursday (Jan. 18). The mission will […]
SpaceX is poised for its next crewed liftoff. The company remains on target to launch the private Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Jan. 17) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as planned. “We’re happy to say that we’re on track — we’re ready,” Benji Reed, senior director of human […]
SpaceX will launch an astronaut crew to the International Space Station Wednesday (Jan. 17) on the private Ax-3 mission for Axiom Space, but if you’re hoping to watch it live online, you’ll need to know where and when. And for that, space fans, we’ve got what you need. The Ax-3 mission, Axiom Space’s third commercial […]
SpaceX’s next astronaut-launching rocket has made it to the pad. SpaceX has rolled out the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will send the private Ax-3 astronaut mission toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Jan. 17), the company announced via X today (Jan. 16). That liftoff, from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s […]
Axiom Space’s Ax-3 mission is the third-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule on Jan. 17 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is expected to return about two weeks later. The crew includes Ax-3 mission commander and […]
Houston-based Axiom Space is poised for the company’s third private astronaut launch to space. Ax-3 will carry a four-person, all-European crew on a roughly two-week mission to conduct research aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The quartet includes Ax-3 mission commander and former NASA astronaut Michael “LA” López-AlegrÃa, mission specialist Walter Villadei, who also flew […]