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Axiom Mission 4

Axiom Mission 4: A private crewed flight to the ISS, carrying astronauts from India, Hungary, and Poland on their first government-sponsored missions in decades.

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Axiom Space, in collaboration with SpaceX and NASA, operated the private crewed spaceflight designated Axiom Mission 4 (Ax‑4) to the International Space Station.[1]

Key facts and history

The launch was originally scheduled for June 11, 2025 but was scrubbed due to a liquid oxygen leak, and a separate leak in the ISS's Zvezda module caused an additional two-week delay.[2] Shubhanshu Shukla was the first member of India's astronaut corps to fly in space.[3] The HUNOR mission for Hungary was developed by the Hungarian Space Office independently of ESA, and Kapu was selected from 247 applicants.[4] Peggy Whitson, an Axiom Space employee and former NASA astronaut, served as commander; Shubhanshu Shukla from ISRO was pilot; Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of ESA/Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary were mission specialists.[5]

What the cited sources add

The Axiom Space press release stated that Ax‑4 broadens horizons for nations with ambitious goals of advancing scientific, technological, and economic pursuits.[6] The Polish mission patch depicts an eagle whose wings trace the Orla Perć mountain range and whose tail forms a flame, echoing the mission's name Ignis.[7][8] The Next Spaceflight record confirmed that Ax‑4 was India and Poland's first crewed trip to the ISS.[9] ISRO's research portfolio listed seven microgravity experiments for the mission, including studies of edible microalgae, salad seed sprouting, and tardigrade survival in space.[10]

The government of Poland's announcement stated that the Ignis mission would include 13 scientific experiments with potential benefits for medicine, biology, space technology, and artificial intelligence.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Axiom Mission 4" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "NASA Selects Axiom Space for Another Private Space Mission in 2024", NASA, August 3, 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Axiom Mission 4" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wall, "SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronauts postponed indefinitely due to leaky ISS module", Space, June 12, 2025; Wall, "SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronauts postponed indefinitely due to leaky ISS module", Space, June 12, 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Axiom Mission 4" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Axiom Mission 4", Axiom Space (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Axiom Mission 4" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary", Axiom Space; "Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary", Axiom Space; "Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary", Axiom Space; "Tibor Kapu", Axiom Space; "The second Hungarian astronaut who is going into space also graduated from BME", bme.hu; "Hungarian Astronauts Complete NASA Training Ahead of Axiom Mission 4", HungarianConservative.com, April 14, 2025; "Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary", Axiom Space (we also re en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Axiom Mission 4" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Foust, "Hungary and Poland to join India on Ax-4", SpaceNews, August 5, 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "Axiom Mission 4 to ISS will include India, Poland, Hungary", Axiom Space. facts only, no text reused. axiomspace.com
  7. "First Polish mission to International Space Station to launch in spring 2025", notesfrompoland, December 5, 2024. facts only, no text reused. notesfrompoland.com
  8. "Polish mission to the International Space Station has received its official name – Ignis", researchinpoland.org, January 29, 2025. facts only, no text reused. researchinpoland.org
  9. "Ax-4 Launch", Next Spaceflight. facts only, no text reused. nextspaceflight.com
  10. "Indian Microgravity Research Portfolio in upcoming Axiom-4 Mission", ISRO. facts only, no text reused. isro.gov.in
  11. ""Ignis" Mission: Poland's Historic Leap into Space", gov.pl. facts only, no text reused. gov.pl

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Axiom Mission 4 (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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