Axiom Space Set to Launch Fourth Crewed Mission to the ISS.

The Private Space Company, Axiom Space, Co-Founded by Kam Ghaffarian(Executive Chairman) And Michael T Suffredini and led by Tejpaul Bhatia(CEO), Mark Greeley(COO), Michael Lopez Alegria(Chief Astronaut), Peggy Whitson(Astronaut and Director Of Human Spaceflight), Koichi Wakata(Astronaut and CTO), Normanique Preston(Chief People Officer), and others, is set to launch their fourth crewed mission to the ISS named Ax - 4.

The Ax-4 crew includes members from India(Shubhanshu Shukla, India's Second national astronaut to go to space since 1984), Poland(Sławosz Uznański, European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut, will be the second Polish astronaut since 1978), and Hungary(Tibor Kapu will be the second national Hungarian astronaut since 1980), marking each nation’s first mission to the space station in history and the second government-sponsored human spaceflight mission in over 40 years. 

Peggy Whitson will command her second commercial human spaceflight mission, adding to her standing record for the longest cumulative time in space by an American astronaut.

"With a culturally diverse crew, we are not only advancing scientific knowledge but also fostering international collaboration. Our previous missions set the stage and with Ax-4, we ascend even higher,  bringing more nations to low-Earth orbit and expanding humanity’s reach among the stars", said Peggy Whitson.

Ax-4 will conduct 60 science experiments from 31 countries—its most research-heavy mission yet. Led by the U.S., India, Poland (with ESA), and Hungary, the mission will advance global microgravity research in human health, Earth observation, and material sciences, highlighting international collaboration aboard the ISS.