A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft aboard their Falcon 9 rocket launched the Axiom-2 (Ax-2) mission with four spaceflight participants to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 5:37 p.m. on 21 May 2023.

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.