Axiom 4: NASA

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the launch opportunity on Wednesday, June 11, of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station to allow additional time for SpaceX teams to repair a liquid oxygen leak identified during post-static fire Falcon 9 rocket inspections. A new launch date for the fourth private astronaut mission will be provided once repair work is complete, pending range availability. Today, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is proud to announce the successful launch of the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-04) on 25 th June 2025. The mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA, at 12:01 Hrs IST aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying four international crew members. The Ax-04 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. Axiom Mission 4 (Ax‑ 4 ) was a private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) operated by Axiom Space in partnership with SpaceX and NASA. [1] The mission launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, which placed the Crew Dragon Grace spacecraft into low Earth orbit. Ax- 4 was the first mission to fly aboard the Crew Dragon capsule 'Grace' (C213), which is the fifth and final Dragon capsule manufactured. [2][3] The launch was originally scheduled for June 11, 2025 from ... The Axiom Mission 4 crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and travel to the International Space Station. Once docked, the private astronauts plan to spend up to 14 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting a mission comprised of science, outreach, and commercial activities. Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission, while Indian Space Research Organization astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will ...