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Axiom Space Ax-4 Crew Arrival: New Images | International Space Station

Axiom Space Ax-4 Crew Arrival: New Images | International Space Station

Expedition 73 crew welcomes members of the Axiom Space Ax-4 Mission to the International Space Station
Ax-4 crew Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station



Ax-4 Mission emblem
Expedition 73 emblem
Expedition 73 Crew Official Portrait
Seated in the front row from left, are NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain (USA). In the back row from left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov (Russia); NASA astronaut Jonny Kim (USA); Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Russia; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi

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 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/Josh Valcarcel/Axiom Space
Capture Date: June 26, 2025 (Images 1-5)

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