"SpaceX's Ax-3 Mission: Watch the Launch Live from Kennedy Space Center"

A private astronaut mission, the third for Axiom Space, is set to launch astronauts from Italy, Sweden, and Turkey to the International Space Station on a commercially chartered mission, marking Turkey's first astronaut. The launch, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been rescheduled for Thursday at 4:49 p.m. Eastern time. The crew includes astronauts from the Italian, Swedish, and Turkish Air Forces, with the mission's commander being a former NASA astronaut. Other nations, such as Saudi Arabia, Poland, and the United Kingdom, are also making arrangements for their astronauts to fly on commercial spaceflights.