NASA to Welcome Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station
As part of NASA’s efforts to extend access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit after the successful launch of the fourth mission of private astronaut at the international space station.
A Dragon Spacex spacecraft took off at 2:31 a.m. in Had on Wednesday from the 39a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center from NASA to Florida, carrying Axiom Mission 4 crew members Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of the Astronaut of the Human Space at the Axiom SPORT SPACE Uznański-WiśNewski from Poland and Hunor (Hungarian in Orbit) Astronaut Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
“Congratulations to Axiom Space and SpaceX for a successful launch,” said NASA interim administrator Janet Petro. “As part of President Donald Trump’s leadership, America has expanded international participation and commercial capacity in low land orbit. American industry allows astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary to return to space for the first time in more than forty years. It is a powerful example of American leadership bringing together nations in the search for science, discovery and opportunities. ”.
A collaboration between NASA and the ISRO has enabled Axiom Mission 4 to engage in a commitment underlined by President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send the first isro astronaut to the station. Spatial agencies participate in five joint scientific surveys and two demonstrations in science, technology, engineering and math in orbit. NASA and ISRO have a long -standing relationship built on a shared vision to advance scientific knowledge and expand spatial collaboration.
This mission serves as an example of the success derived from collaboration between the international partners of NASA and American commercial space companies.
The live cover of the arrival of the spacecraft will start at 5 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, on NASA +. Learn to look at the contents of NASA via a variety of platforms, including social media.
The spacecraft should do independently at around 7 am until the Harmony Module Harmony module.
Once on board the station, Expedition 73 crew members, notably the NASA astronauts, Nicole Ayers, Anne McClain and Jonny Kim, Jaxa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos Cosmonauts Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky Will.
The crew is expected to stay at the space station, carrying out microgravity research, educational awareness and commercial activities for about two weeks before returning to earth and splashes off the coast of California.
The International Space Station is a springboard to develop a low -earth economy. NASA’s objective is to achieve a solid economy outside the world where the agency can buy services such as one of the many customers to achieve its scientific and microgravity research objectives. The NASA commercial strategy for low -land orbit provides the government with reliable and safe services at lower cost, empowers American industry and allows the agency to focus on the artemis missions in the Moon in preparation for Mars while continuing to use low terrestrial orbit as a training and proving the ground for these deep space missions.
Find out more about NASA’s commercial space strategy to:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-space
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Josh Finch
Headquarters, Washington
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joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov
Anna Schneider
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov
