AX-2 (other)
AX-2 may refer to: * Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), a 2023 commercial crewed paying passenger spaceflight mission * FMA IA 58 Pucará, FMA ''IA 58'' "Pucará", Argentinian ground attack fighter, codenamed "AX-2" during development * AX-2: Dual Alien, a 1982 videogame; see List of Project EGG games, List of ''Project EGG'' games See also * * * AXX (other) * A2X (other) * AX (other) {{dab ...
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Axiom Mission 2
Axiom Mission 2 (or Ax-2) was a private crewed spaceflight operated by Axiom Space. Ax-2 was launched on 21 May 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on 22 May. After eight days docked to the ISS, the Dragon crew capsule ''Freedom'' undocked and returned to Earth twelve hours later. Ax-2 was the second Axiom mission after Axiom Mission 1 in April 2022 and the third private human spaceflight, crewed SpaceX Dragon mission. Crew The crew was commanded by Axiom employee Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut. John Shoffner, a space tourist, served as the pilot. The Saudi Space Agency purchased the other two seats on the flight and named astronauts Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi to be the Mission Specialists. Axiom had initially announced in April 2021 that one crew member for the second Axiom spaceflight to the ISS would be selected via ''Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?'', a reality television series to be produced by Discov ...
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