Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:14am on 26 Jun 2025,Thursday Science
Axiom Mission 4 (Ax‑4), launched June 25, 2025 from Kennedy Space Center by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the newly named Crew Dragon named Grace, marks a milestone in private spaceflight . The crew includes former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson as commander; pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian and second-ever Indian in space, following Rakesh Sharma after 41 years ; mission specialists Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary, both making national ISS debuts . Backup crew includes India’s Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair . The two-week mission will dock June 26, conducting global scientific and technical research aboard the ISS.
