{"id":229706,"date":"2025-06-05T06:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=f838a1c135198db38586f74d0e047138"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:26:27","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-axiom-mission-4-launch-arrival-at-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=229706","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 4 Launch, Arrival at Station"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 3 crew is pictured approaching the International Space Station on Jan. 20, 2024.<\/div>\n
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NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4.<\/p>\n

The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket. The targeted docking time is approximately 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 11.<\/p>\n

NASA will stream live coverage of launch and arrival activities on NASA+<\/a>. Learn how to watch NASA content<\/a> through a variety of platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s mission responsibility is for integrated operations, which begins during the spacecraft\u2019s approach to the space station, continues during the crew\u2019s approximately two-week stay aboard the orbiting laboratory while conducting science, education, and commercial activities, and concludes once the spacecraft exits the station.<\/p>\n

Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission, while ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as pilot. The two mission specialists are ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut S\u0142awosz Uzna\u0144ski-Wi\u015bniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.<\/p>\n

As part of a collaboration between NASA and ISRO, Axiom Mission 4 delivers on a commitment highlighted by President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send the first ISRO astronaut to the station. The space agencies are participating in five joint science investigations and two in-orbit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics demonstrations. NASA and ISRO have a long-standing relationship built on a shared vision to advance scientific knowledge and expand space collaboration.<\/p>\n

The private mission also carries the first astronauts from Poland and Hungary to stay aboard the space station.<\/p>\n

NASA will join the mission prelaunch teleconference hosted by Axiom Space (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) at 6 p.m., Monday, June 9, with the following participants:<\/p>\n