Axiom Space's Ax-2: The 2nd private astronaut mission to the space station.

Houston-based company Axiom Space is gearing up for its second astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), known as Ax-2.

If all goes according to plan, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an international crew of four from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday afternoon (May 21), kicking off the roughly 10-day Ax-2 flight.

Ax-2 is scheduled to lift off at 5:37 p.m. EDT (2137 GMT) on Sunday, sending the Crew Dragon capsule Freedom skyward. The Falcon 9's first-stage booster will return to Earth shortly thereafter for a touchdown at SpaceX's Landing Zone-1, which lies downrange from the launch pad.

Source: www.space.com

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