On January 18, 2024 at 21:49 UTC the American SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Axiom-3 mission) spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center (LC39A), Florida, USA. The space vehicle was orbited by the “Falcon-9FT” rocket-carrier.

There were 4 crew members onboard the Crew Dragon – Commander, Michael López-Alegría, a US citizen and retired NASA astronaut; pilot, Italian astronaut Walter Villadei; Mission Specialist 1, Turkish astronaut Alper Gezeravcı; Mission Specialist 2, Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt. It’s the 3^rd fully commercial mission to the International Space Station. It is the 3^rd space flight of Crew Dragon “Freedom” (Dragon capsule C212) spacecraft. The space vehicle is to dock with the International Space Station on January 20.