Axiom Mission 2 launches successfully

Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station launches successfully from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Dragon spacecraft used previously flew Crew-4 to and from the space station. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage lands on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the first time a booster has been reused on a human spaceflight mission.

During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct over 20 science and technology experiments in areas such as human physiology, physical sciences, and STEAM to ‘help expand knowledge to benefit life on Earth in areas such as healthcare, materials, technology development, and enable industrial advances’.