Axiom Mission 5 (or Ax-5) is a proposed

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to the

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operated by Axiom Space and use a

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spacecraft. The flight would launch no earlier than May 2026 and last about two weeks.

Crew

The mission will carry a professionally trained commander and three private astronauts. When it was announced in 2023 that Axiom would send a Hungarian astronaut from the Hungarian Space Office to the ISS, it was speculated that the mission would be Ax-5, however, Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu was assigned to Ax-4. The

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government had signed a memorandum of understanding with Axiom in 2024 to launch the first Czech astronaut, ESA astronaut Aleš Svoboda, on a future mission as part of the "Czech Journey to Space". However, the British government also announced that they were planning on buying all four seats on an upcoming Axiom mission for astronauts Meganne Christian, Rosemary Coogan, John McFall, and Timothy Peake. Both crew and specific mission are yet to be confirmed.

References

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