Astronauts from India, Poland & Hungary Launched to ISS with Axiom Space

Historic International Crew | Axiom Space

• Peggy Whitson (U.S.) leads the mission — a NASA retiree with 675 days in space, now Axiom’s director of human spaceflight.
  
• Joined by:
  
  • Shubhanshu Shukla (India) – Indian Air Force pilot, precursor to India’s 2027 Gaganyaan mission.
    
  • Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Poland) – ESA astronaut.
    
  • Tibor Kapu (Hungary) – part of Hungary’s HUNOR program.
    

The Mission: Axiom-4 (Ax-4)

• Launched early Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
  
• Carried by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule (nicknamed Grace).
  
• First time astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary visit the International Space Station (ISS).
  
• Mission duration: 14 days on the ISS, focusing on microgravity research.
  

Technical & Business Details

• Ax-4 is SpaceX’s 18th human spaceflight and Axiom’s 4th mission since 2022.
  
• The capsule will dock with the ISS after ~28 hours in orbit (250 miles above Earth).
  
• The mission is part of Axiom’s plan to offer private & government-backed spaceflight services.
  

Notable Facts

• Whitson: First female NASA chief astronaut & first woman to command the ISS.
  
• Axiom Space: Aims to build its own commercial space station to succeed ISS by 2030.
  

Hungary’s previous space traveler was billionaire Charles Simonyi, but not on behalf of the government.

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