Insider Brief:
- The undocking of Axiom Mission 3 from the International Space Station has been rescheduled to Monday, Feb. 5, due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida.
- The mission, part of NASA’s efforts to promote a commercial market in low Earth orbit, will mark the conclusion of the third all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
- The Axiom Mission 3 will undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to begin the journey home and splashdown off the coast of Florida.
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The undocking of Axiom Mission 3 from the International Space Station has been rescheduled to Monday, Feb. 5, due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida. The four-member astronaut crew will return to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, with live coverage available on various platforms including NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.
The mission, part of NASA’s efforts to promote a commercial market in low Earth orbit, will mark the conclusion of the third all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, carrying more than 550 pounds of cargo, including NASA hardware and data from over 30 different experiments. The partnership between NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX aims to expand human spaceflight and open access to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, science, and commercial opportunities.
The Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) is the third all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, involving a four-member astronaut crew and was originally scheduled to undock at 6:05 a.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 3, from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to begin the journey home and splashdown off the coast of Florida.
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