Axiom Mission 5

Axiom Mission 5 (or Ax-5) is a proposed private spaceflight to the International Space Station operated by Axiom Space and use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The flight would launch no earlier than May 2026^[2] and last about two weeks.

Axiom Mission 5

Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS.
Names	Ax-5
Mission type	Private spaceflight to the ISS
Operator	Axiom Space SpaceX
Mission duration	14–21 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Crew Dragon
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Crew
Crew size	4
Members	TBA
Start of mission
Launch date	NET May 2026[1][2]
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch site	Kennedy, LC‑39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40
Contractor	SpaceX
End of mission
Recovered by	MV Megan or MV Shannon
Landing site	Pacific Ocean (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Harmony Zenith
Axiom Space missions ← Axiom Mission 4 Crew Dragon flights ← SpaceX Crew-12 Vast-1 →

Crew

The mission will carry a professionally trained commander and three private astronauts.^[3]

The Czech 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".^[4]

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.^[4]