Axiom Mission 4

Axiom Mission 4
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS.
NamesAx-4
Mission typePrivate spaceflight to the ISS
Operator
Mission duration14–21 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon C213
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateNET June 8, 2025 13:11 UTC (9:11 am EDT)
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Recovered byMV Shannon
Landing sitePacific Ocean near Los Angeles, Oceanside, or San Diego
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony Zenith



Top: Axiom mission patch
Mid left: Uznański-Wiśniewski's Ignis mission patch
Mid right: Kapu's Hunor mission patch
Bottom: Shukla's Gaganyaan mission patch

Crew of Axiom Mission 4
Axiom Space missions

Axiom Mission 4 (Ax‑4) is a planned private spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) operated by Axiom Space in partnership with SpaceX and NASA.[1] The flight is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center no earlier than June 8, 2025 at 13:11 UTC (9:11 am EDT, local time at the launch site) and will last about two to three weeks. It will use a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket to place Crew Dragon C213 into low Earth orbit. This will be the maiden flight of the C213 spacecraft, the fifth—and potentially final—Crew Dragon to be built.[2][3]

  1. ^ "NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024 – NASA". Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Foust, Jeff (November 19, 2022). "SpaceX to launch last new cargo Dragon spacecraft". SpaceNews. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  3. ^ Berger, Eric (February 6, 2025). "NASA will swap Dragon spacecraft on the ground to return Butch and Suni sooner". Ars Technica. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

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