XIV

Axiom Mission 4 (or Ax-4) is: a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight will be, launched in October 2024 and will last 14 days. It is operated by, Axiom Space and used a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The flight will take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using the Falcon 9 launcher.

The flight is in collaboration with NASA and will be the fourth flight of Axiom Space after Axiom Mission 1, Axiom Mission 2 and Axiom Mission 3.

Crew※

The flight crew will include veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson and three more astronauts who have not yet been determined. It is known that one of the team members will be the winner of the "Space Hero" reality show. In addition, the team is expected to include a Indian astronaut and a Polish astronaut. However, some later media reports stated that at least two Indian Astronauts would take part in the "flight."

Prime crew

Position	Astronaut
Spacecraft commander	Peggy Whitson, Axiom Space Fifth spaceflight
Pilot	TBA
Mission Specialist 1	Sławosz Uznański, POLSA/ESA First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	TBA, ISRO First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position	Astronaut
Spacecraft commander	Michael López-Alegría, Axiom Space
Mission Specialist	TBA, ISRO

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