Axiom Mission 3, T minus...16 hours...46 min

They are sending up a Swede!!

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https://www.axiomspace.com


And the watches!

Axiom Space has partnered with Omega Watches to develop custom-made versions of their watches for Axiom Space crew and partners to be sent on Axiom Space Missions. Omega's Speedmaster watches have a long history with space exploration, as they were worn by astronauts during the first moon landing mission in 1969. The X-33 model is a newer version of the Speedmaster designed specifically for space missions and features advanced technology for use in zero-gravity environments. As part of the partnership, Omega will produce special editions of the Speedmaster X-33 and Moonwatch watches that will be exclusively available to Axiom Space crew members. The watches will be modified to withstand the extreme conditions of space travel and will be used during Axiom Space private missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and other destinations. The partnership aims to promote space exploration and inspire people around the world to pursue their dreams of space travel.

I was a bit off with the countdown...my BAD....👎

Christer had his watch at Bukowskis...

And it FLEW!!!

62800 USD + 25% premium...

https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctio...n-christer-fuglesang-sts-128?from_language=sv



I Google translated the Swedish text...😁

Certificate of provenance
I wore this watch during my STS-128 space flight on the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station ISS.
It was the type of Omega watch that Nasa equipped its astronauts with during that time. Normally they were on loan, but it was also offered to buy one that we could engrave and take with us and use during the space trip. This applies to this watch which I had engraved STS-128/17A and my name CHRISTER FUGLESANG.
Space mission STS-128 (STS = Space Transformation System) launched on August 28, 2009 at 23:59 local time from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida and ended with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on September 11, 2009 at 17:53 (local time). For 9 days, Discovery was docked with the space station ISS. In the original plan for the ISS, this trip was the 17th American in the build-up and therefore the mission also had the designation 17A. The clock traveled a total of 9,262,217 km, 219 revolutions around the earth, and was at most 350 km above the earth's surface. After the space flight, the watch has been stored in its box.
In the attached photos from Discovery and the ISS respectively, you can see the watch on my left arm. Next to the clock I have an activity meter, which was part of an experiment to study how we slept and were otherwise active in space.