Axiom Mission 4 partners with ISS National Lab to conduct the most research to date on a private astronaut mission
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch more research than any previous private Axiom Space mission, including more than two dozen investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory®. With more than 60 experiments representing 31 countries, Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) demonstrates the growing demand from researchers to leverage the space station.
The Ax-4 crew includes Axiom Space Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (commander), Shubhanshu Shukla of India (pilot), Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland (mission specialist), and Tibor Kapu of Hungary (mission specialist). The mission is scheduled to take flight on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the company’s Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than June 10, 2025, at 8:22 a.m. EDT. The crew will spend about two weeks onboard the orbiting laboratory.
The ISS National Lab is proud to partner with Axiom Space to sponsor research and development in a new era of private astronaut missions to the space station. Many of the investigations on this mission build on previous research in low Earth orbit, enabling accelerated discovery. A few highlights of ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads include the following:
You can read more about these investigations and others on this mission on Axiom Space’s Research Overview and the ISS National Lab’s launch page. To learn more about how the ISS National Lab enables valuable research and development onboard the space station, visit our website.
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About the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory:
The International Space Station (ISS) is a one-of-a-kind laboratory that enables research and technology development not possible on Earth. As a public service enterprise, the ISS National Laboratory® allows researchers to leverage this multiuser facility to improve quality of life on Earth, mature space-based business models, advance science literacy in the future workforce, and expand a sustainable and scalable market in low Earth orbit. Through this orbiting national laboratory, research resources on the ISS are available to support non-NASA science, technology, and education initiatives from U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space® (CASIS®) manages the ISS National Lab, under Cooperative Agreement with NASA, facilitating access to its permanent microgravity research environment, a powerful vantage point in low Earth orbit, and the extreme and varied conditions of space. To learn more about the ISS National Lab, visit our website.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, CASIS accepts corporate and individual donations to help advance science in space for the benefit of humanity. For more information, visit our donations page.
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