NASA will be part of a media teleconference hosted by Axiom Area at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Might 20, to debate the launch of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth non-public astronaut mission to the Worldwide Area Station.
Briefing individuals embody:
- Dana Weigel, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station Program, NASA
- Allen Flynt, chief of mission providers, Axiom Area
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon mission administration, SpaceX
- Sergio Palumberi, mission supervisor, ESA (European Area Company)
- Aleksandra Bukała, undertaking supervisor, head of technique and worldwide cooperation, POLSA (Polish Area Company)
- Orsolya Ferencz, ministerial commissioner of area analysis, HUNOR (Hungarian to Orbit)
To hitch the decision, media should register with Axiom Area by 12 p.m., Monday, Might 19, at:
The Ax-4 launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the corporate’s Falcon 9 rocket is focused no sooner than 9:11 a.m., Sunday, June 8, from NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida.
Throughout the mission aboard the area station, a four-person multi-national crew will full about 60 analysis experiments developed for microgravity in collaboration with organizations throughout the globe.
Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Area, will command the business mission, whereas ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will function pilot. The 2 mission specialists are ESA undertaking astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
The primary non-public astronaut mission to the station, Axiom Mission 1, lifted off in April 2022 for a 17-day mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. The second non-public astronaut mission to the station, Axiom Mission 2, additionally was commanded by Whitson and launched in Might 2023 for eight days in orbit. The newest non-public astronaut mission, Axiom Mission 3, launched in January 2024; the crew spent 18 days docked to the area station.
The Worldwide Area Station is a springboard for creating a low Earth economic system. NASA’s objective is to attain a robust economic system off the Earth the place the company should buy providers as one in all many purchasers to fulfill its science and analysis aims in microgravity. NASA’s business technique for low Earth orbit gives the federal government with dependable and protected providers at a decrease value, enabling the company to give attention to Artemis missions to the Moon in preparation for Mars whereas additionally persevering with to make use of low Earth orbit as a coaching and proving floor for these deep area missions.
Study extra about NASA’s business area technique at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-space
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Claire O’Shea
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
claire.a.o’shea@nasa.gov
Anna Schneider
Johnson Area Heart, Houston
281-483-5111
anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov
Alexis DeJarnette
Axiom Area, Houston
alexis@axiomspace.com
