Axiom Space Cleared For Fourth Commercial Space Station Mission

Crewmembers, from left to right, Tibor Kapu of Hungary, Indian Space Research Organization astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and European Space Agency astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland.
Credit: SpaceX
HOUSTON—NASA and its International Space Station (ISS) partners have approved a fourth Axiom Space commercial astronaut mission (Ax-4) to the orbital laboratory for a two-week stay. The planned launch from Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than this spring aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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