NASA to provide coverage of the Axiom-3 mission

UNITED STATES - NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX will provide coverage of upcoming pre-launch activities for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Liftoff of Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) is scheduled for 5:11 p.m. EST, next Wednesday, Jan. 17, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The crew will travel to the orbital outpost aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launch on the company's Falcon 9 rocket.

In addition to live coverage, NASA will provide pre-launch activities as well as docking operations on the NASA+ streaming service.

Coverage will also be streamed live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site.