| Axiom Mission 4 | |||||
| Names List: | Ax-4 | ||||
| Mission Type: | Private spaceflight to the ISS | ||||
| Mission Duration: | 14–21 days (planned) | ||||
| Manufacturer: | SpaceX | ||||
| Crew Size: | 4 | ||||
| Launch Date: | April 2025[1] (planned) | ||||
| Launch Rocket: | Falcon 9 Block 5 | ||||
| Launch Site: | Kennedy, LC39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC40 | ||||
| Launch Contractor: | SpaceX | ||||
| Recovery By: | or | ||||
| Landing Site: | Pacific Ocean (planned) | ||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit | ||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth orbit | ||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||
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| Programme: | Axiom Space missions | ||||
| Previous Mission: | Axiom Mission 3 | ||||
| Next Mission: | Axiom Mission 5 | ||||
| Programme2: | Crew Dragon flights | ||||
| Previous Mission2: | Fram2 | ||||
| Next Mission2: | SpaceX Crew-11 | ||||
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 flight crew will include veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański, and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu.[6]