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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2023-05-21 21:37:09 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1080 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1, on its 1st flight.
Worldwide
75th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
35th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
6th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
20 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
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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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Successful launch onto the rendezvous trajectory with the ISS
SwGustav
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Liftoff
SwGustav
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Weather 60%
Nosu
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Updated launch date confirmed by NASA
Jay
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Reportedly targeting May 17 at 23:34 UTC.
Nosu
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No longer scheduled on May 8/9.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May 8 EDT per Axiom Space.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May 2, 1 am EDT (time is per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding very approximate T-0
Nosu
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NET May 1
Nosu
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NET May 1, 2023
Nosu
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NET early 2023
Nosu
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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