Axiom Space Ax-4 Crew Arrival | International Space Station
Expedition 73 Crew welcomes members of the Axiom Space Ax-4 Mission to the International Space Station
Front row (from left to right): Ax-4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary, Ax-4 Commander Peggy Whitson of the United States, Ax-4 Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Ax-4 Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of the European Space Agency (ESA)/Poland, NASA Flight Engineer Anne McClain of the United States, Station Commander and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Back Row (from left to right): Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky of Roscosmos (Russia), Flight Engineer Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos (Russia), Flight Engineer Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos (Russia), NASA Flight Engineer Jonny Kim of the United States, NASA Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers of the United States
Ax-4 crew Dragon Spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
Ax-4 crew Dragon Spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
NASA Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers of the United States monitoring the Ax-4 crew Dragon spacecraft during its automated approach and rendezvous maneuvers.
At 8:14 a.m. EDT on Thursday, June 26, 2025, the hatch opened between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station following the arrival of Axiom Mission 4. Afterwards, a short welcoming ceremony for the Ax-4 crew was held. The Ax-4 crew spacecraft docked at 6:31 a.m. to the space-facing port of the space station’s Harmony module.
Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and astronaut Tibor Kapu of Hungary are now aboard the International Space Station after launching at 2:31 a.m. on June 25, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4.
The private astronauts plan to spend about two weeks aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting a mission of science, outreach, and commercial activities.
The Ax-4 Mission “realizes the return” to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary, with each nation’s first government-sponsored flight in more than 40 years. While Ax-4 marks these countries' second human spaceflight mission in history, it will be the first time all three nations will execute a mission on board the International Space Station.
The Ax-4 research complement includes around 60 scientific studies and activities representing 31 countries, including the U.S., India, Poland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Nigeria, UAE, and nations across Europe.
Ax-4 Crew
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
Image Credits: NASA/JSC/N. Ayers
Capture Date: June 26, 2025
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