The Shubhanshu Shuklaa piloted Axiom-4 mission is targeting a 2:31 a.m. EDT (12:01 p.m. IST) launch on June 25. Live coverage of launch and arrival activities will stream on NASA+ and can be viewed on a variety of platforms including social media.
Launch coverage is available on Axiom Space and SpaceX from 12:30 a.m. (10:00 a.m. IST) and on NASA+ from 1:40 a.m (11:10 a.m. IST).
The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. The targeted docking time is approximately 7 a.m. (4:30 p.m. IST) on June 26.
Coverage of the docking would be available on NASA+, Axiom Space, and SpaceX channels from 5 a.m. (2:30 p.m. IST) onwards.
Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission, while ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as pilot. The two mission specialists are ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and HUNOR (Hungarian to Orbit) astronaut Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
Once docked, the astronauts plan to spend about two weeks aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting a mission consisting of science, outreach, and commercial activities.
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