Английская Википедия:Axiom Mission 3

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Axiom Mission 3 (or Ax-3) is a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight launched on 18 January 2024 and is currently expected to last about 14 days. It is operated by Axiom Space and uses a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Crew

All four crewmembers have backgrounds as military pilots. Michael López-Alegría is the commander as an employee of Axiom; Walter Villadei from the Italian Air Force is the mission pilot. The mission specialists are Alper Gezeravcı who is the first astronaut from Turkey; and Swedish Project Marcus Wandt, who is the first member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group to receive a spaceflight mission. It is also the first commercial spaceflight mission for an ESA sponsored astronaut. Wandt's component of the mission is called "Muninn" as it overlaps with fellow Scandinavian ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission – "Huginn".

Mission

The crew lifted off on a Falcon 9 from LC-39A Florida to dock with the International Space Station for an intended mission duration of approximately two weeks.