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Astronauts Alper Gezeravcı, Marcus Wandt, Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei examining their ride to space, a Falcon 9, in September 2024
Photo courtesy of Axiom Space

The 45th Weather Squadron has released its official Launch Mission Execution Forecast for tomorrow’s planned crewed launch of Axiom-3 by SpaceX. According to forecasters, there is less than a 5% Probability of Violation of weather conditions, meaning the weather is expected to be almost perfect, especially by Florida standards: they expect a 95% or greater chance of acceptable weather conditions. The launch is planned for 5:11 PM EST. Once in orbit, the astronauts will travel to the International Space Station for an anticipated 14-day stay.

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