posted 08-02-2024 08:55 AM               

Please use this topic to discuss Axiom Space's fourth private crewed mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station.

posted 08-02-2024 08:55 AM            

• CDR: Peggy A. Whitson;
  
• PLT: Shubhanshu Shukla (ISRO);
  
• MS-1: Sławosz Uznański (ESA);
  
• MS-2: Tibor Kapu (HUNOR).

posted 08-02-2024 10:09 AM               

Next stage of training a Pole for a mission to the ISS

On Aug. 5, Polish project astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), Dr. Sławosz Uznański, begins the practical part of the training in preparation for the Polish mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is planned for 2025.

In the first stage, the training will take place at Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX centers located in the United States. In addition to the Pole, the AX-4 mission crew will include representatives of Hungary and India.

AX-4 mission composition:

• Peggy Whitson (USA) – Mission Commander
  
• Sławosz Uznański (Poland/ESA) – Mission Specialist
  
• Shubhanshu Shukla (India) – Mission Pilot
  
• Tibor Kapu (Hungary) – Mission Specialist

The crew members still need to receive approval from the international committee responsible for the International Space Station – the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP), which includes representatives of all five international ISS partners: NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, JAXA and the Canadian Space Agency.

The mission is scheduled to launch next year from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The flight to the ISS will be carried out by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which will carry the Dragon crew capsule into orbit. As part of the mission, the astronauts will spend about 14 days on the International Space Station.

Ax-4 will be the next commercial crewed mission of Axiom Space. The Pole's participation in this mission is the result of an agreement signed between the Ministry of Development and Technology and ESA to prepare and conduct a Polish technological mission to the ISS. On the Polish side, the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) is also involved in preparing the mission, as the executive agency of the Ministry of Technology and Technology.

The mission program will primarily focus on experiments developed by representatives of the Polish space sector, under the direction of ESA.

posted 08-09-2024 04:50 PM               

Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, now is targeted to launch no earlier than Spring 2025 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Ax-4 crew members are pending approval to fly to the orbiting lab by the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel. The crew will train with NASA, international partners, Axiom Space and SpaceX for their flight.