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 type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 2025[1] (planned) |
| 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 |
Axiom Mission 4 (or Ax-4) is a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight will launch no earlier than April 2025 and last about 14 days. It will be operated by Axiom Space and use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.[2][3][4]
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 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, 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, ESA/POLSAFirst spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Tibor Kapu, HungaryFirst spaceflight | |
| Position | Astronaut | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | /  Michael López-Alegría, Axiom Space
| |
| Pilot | Prasanth Nair, ISRO
| |
| Mission Specialist 2 | Gyula Cserényi, Hungary
| |
References
[edit]- ^ "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ @NASASpaceOps (9 August 2024). "Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth private astronaut mission to the @Space_Station, now is targeted to launch no earlier than Spring 2025 from @NASAKennedy in Florida" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to International Space Station". Axiom Space. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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