NASA to Participate in Next Private Astronaut Mission News Conference

Dec 08, 2023

NASA specialists will sign up with a virtual press conference hosted by Axiom Space at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 13, to go over the launch of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), the 3rd personal astronaut objective to the International Space Station.

The Ax-3 launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is targeted no earlier than January 2024 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Throughout the objective, that includes about 14 days aboard the spaceport stationthe four-person multi-national team will finish more than 30 research study experiments established for microgravity in partnership with companies around the world.

Instruction individuals are:

• Joel Montalbano, supervisor, International Space Station Program, NASA
• Angela Hart, supervisor, Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program, NASA
• Matt Ondler, presiden