May 21, 2023, at 5:37 p.m. — SpaceX's Falcon 9 B1080 launches Ax-2 to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon “Freedom” spacecraft carried retired NASA astronaut and commander Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner, and mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi of Saudi Arabia.