Axiom Mission 4
.jpg) Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
| Names | Ax-4 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Private spaceflight to the ISS |
| Operator | |
| Mission duration | 14–21 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon C213 |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | NET May 2025[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Megan or MV Shannon |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward or zenith |
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Axiom Mission 4 (or Ax-4) is a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight will launch no earlier than May 2025 and last about 16 days.[1] It will be operated by Axiom Space and use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.[2]
The mission will launch from either the Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s SLC-40 launch facilities in Florida. It will use a Falcon 9 rocket to place the Crew Dragon spacecraft into low-Earth orbit (LEO). The mission will be the maiden flight of Crew Dragon C213, the fifth and potentially final Crew Dragon spacecraft.[3][4] Additionally, the crew will have the unique honor of naming the capsule, a tradition reserved for inaugural flights.
The flight is organized in collaboration with NASA and will be the fourth flight of Axiom Space after Axiom Mission 1, Axiom Mission 2, and Axiom Mission 3.[5]
The ESA part of the mission is named Ignis.[6]
Crew
[edit]The flight crew will include veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu.[7]
| Position[8] | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Peggy Whitson, Axiom SpaceFifth spaceflight | |
| Pilot |  Shubhanshu Shukla, ISROFirst spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 |  Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, ESA/POLSAFirst spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Tibor Kapu, HungaryFirst spaceflight | |
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | /  Michael López-Alegría, Axiom Space
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| Pilot | Prasanth Nair, ISRO
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| Mission Specialist 2 | Gyula Cserényi, Hungary
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Polak poleci w Kosmos. Podano datę misji". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ Josh Dinner (4 August 2023). "NASA and Axiom Space sign-on for 4th private astronaut mission to space station". Space.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (19 November 2022). "SpaceX to launch last new cargo Dragon spacecraft". SpaceNews. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
Walker revealed at the briefing SpaceX plans to build a fifth and likely final Crew Dragon.
- ^ Berger, Eric (6 February 2025). "NASA will swap Dragon spacecraft on the ground to return Butch and Suni sooner". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024 - NASA". Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "N° 68–2024: ESA and Poland reveal 'Ignis' as name of Polish mission to International Space Station". European Space Agency. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (5 August 2024). "Hungary and Poland to join India on Ax-4". SpaceNews. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary". Axiom Space (Press release). 5 August 2024. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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