NASA, Axiom Area, and SpaceX are focusing on 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth non-public astronaut mission to the Worldwide Area Station, Axiom Mission 4.
The mission will elevate off from Launch Advanced 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in Florida. The crew will journey to the orbiting laboratory on a brand new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the corporate’s Falcon 9 rocket. The focused docking time is roughly 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 11.
NASA will stream dwell protection of launch and arrival actions on NASA+. Learn to watch NASA content by way of quite a lot of platforms, together with social media.
NASA’s mission accountability is for built-in operations, which begins in the course of the spacecraft’s method to the house station, continues in the course of the crew’s roughly two-week keep aboard the orbiting laboratory whereas conducting science, training, and industrial actions, and concludes as soon as the spacecraft exits the station.
Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Area, will command the industrial mission, whereas ISRO (Indian Area Analysis Organisation) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will function pilot. The 2 mission specialists are ESA (European Area Company) mission astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
As a part of a collaboration between NASA and ISRO, Axiom Mission 4 delivers on a dedication highlighted by President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ship the primary ISRO astronaut to the station. The house businesses are collaborating in 5 joint science investigations and two in-orbit science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic demonstrations. NASA and ISRO have a long-standing relationship constructed on a shared imaginative and prescient to advance scientific information and develop house collaboration.
The non-public mission additionally carries the primary astronauts from Poland and Hungary to remain aboard the house station.
NASA will be a part of the mission prelaunch teleconference hosted by Axiom Area (no sooner than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Evaluate) at 6 p.m., Monday, June 9, with the next individuals:
- Dana Weigel, supervisor, Worldwide Area Station Program, NASA
- Allen Flynt, chief of mission companies, Axiom Area
- William Gerstenmaier, vp, Construct and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
- Arlena Moses, launch climate officer, forty fifth Climate Squadron, U.S. Area Drive
To affix the teleconference, media should register with Axiom Area by 12 p.m., Sunday, June 8, at:
NASA’s mission protection is as follows (all instances Japanese and topic to alter based mostly on real-time operations):
Tuesday, June 10
6:15 a.m. – Axiom Area and SpaceX launch protection begins.
7:25 a.m. – NASA joins the launch protection on NASA+.
8:22 a.m. – Launch
NASA will finish protection following orbital insertion, which is roughly quarter-hour after launch. As it’s a industrial launch, NASA won’t present a clear launch feed on its channels.
Wednesday, June 11
10:30 a.m. – Arrival protection begins on NASA+, Axiom Area, and SpaceX channels.
12:30 p.m. – Focused docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Concord module.
Arrival protection will proceed by way of hatch opening and welcome remarks.
All instances are estimates and may very well be adjusted based mostly on real-time operations after launch. Comply with the space station weblog for essentially the most up-to-date operations info.
The Worldwide Area Station is a springboard for creating a low Earth financial system. NASA’s purpose is to realize a powerful financial system off the Earth the place the company should buy companies as one among many shoppers to fulfill its science and analysis targets in microgravity. NASA’s industrial technique for low Earth orbit supplies the federal government with dependable and secure companies at a decrease price, enabling the company to concentrate on Artemis missions to the Moon in preparation for Mars whereas additionally persevering with to make use of low Earth orbit as a coaching and proving floor for these deep house missions.
Be taught extra about NASA’s industrial house technique at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-space
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Claire O’Shea
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
claire.a.o’shea@nasa.gov
Anna Schneider
Johnson Area Middle, Houston
281-483-5111
anna.c.schneider@nasa.gov