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Private crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station in 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Names | Ax-4 |
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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 |
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 flight crew will include veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański, and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu.[6]
Position[7] | Astronaut | |
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Commander | Peggy Whitson, Axiom Space Fifth spaceflight | |
Pilot | Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Sławosz Uznański, ESA/POLSA First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Tibor Kapu, Hungary First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Commander | / Michael López-Alegría, Axiom Space | |
Pilot | Prasanth Nair, ISRO | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Gyula Cserényi, Hungary |
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