NASA, Axiom House, and SpaceX proceed reviewing launch alternatives for Axiom Mission 4 to the Worldwide House Station. NASA has made the choice to face down from a launch on Sunday, June 22, and can goal a brand new launch date within the coming days.
The house company wants further time to proceed evaluating Worldwide House Station operations after latest restore work within the aft (again) most phase of the orbital laboratory’s Zvezda service module. Due to the house station’s interconnected and interdependent programs, NASA desires to make sure the station is prepared for added crew members, and the company is taking the time essential to overview knowledge.
NASA, Axiom House, and SpaceX admire the historic nature of this mission for the nations of India, Poland, and Hungary, in addition to the world. The crew stays in quarantine in Florida, and the astronauts stand able to launch when the station is able to obtain them.
Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom House, will command the business mission, whereas ISRO (Indian House Analysis Organisation) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will function pilot. The 2 mission specialists are ESA (European House Company) mission astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft stay wholesome on the launch pad at Launch Advanced 39A at NASA’s Kennedy House Middle in Florida.
Study extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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