{"id":30413,"date":"2025-06-25T04:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=30413"},"modified":"2025-06-25T04:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:27:19","slug":"spacex-to-launch-axiom-mission-4-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=30413","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to Launch Axiom Mission 4: How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">The fourth mission by the company Axiom Space will help the three countries get to the International Space Station for the first time.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Four astronauts are set to embark on a private mission to the International Space Station on Wednesday morning in what would be the fourth such flight by Axiom Space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The company, based in Houston, has catered to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/08\/science\/axiom-launch-nasa-spacex.html\" title>wealthy space tourists<\/a> in the past. But it has also become a key player in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/18\/science\/axiom-launch-astronauts-spacex.html\" title>a new era<\/a> of government-sponsored space travel \u2014 one in which countries can pay private entities to transport astronauts, rather than having to build their own rockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The customers flying on this mission, known as Axiom-4, are poised to make history for their countries: Hungary, India and Poland. These nations have never sent astronauts to the International Space Station before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The flight has taken on special importance in India, whose government plans to launch a crewed spaceflight of its own in the next few years. That effort is likely to involve the Indian astronaut Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla, the pilot of the Axiom-4 mission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-176f61f\">When is the launch, and how can I watch it?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The launch is scheduled to take place at 2:31 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The crew will ride in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket. It will lift off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">NASA will provide video coverage of the flight on its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/axiom-mission-4-launches-to-the-international-space-station\/\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, or you can watch the countdown starting at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YAue1QljRg4\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on Axiom\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\" data-tpl=\"t\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\" data-tpl=\"t\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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But it has also become a key player in a new era of government-sponsored space travel \u2014 one in which countries can pay private entities to transport astronauts, rather than having to build their own rockets.The customers flying on this mission, known as Axiom-4, are poised to make history for their countries: Hungary, India and Poland. These nations have never sent astronauts to the International Space Station before.The flight has taken on special importance in India, whose government plans to launch a crewed spaceflight of its own in the next few years. That effort is likely to involve the Indian astronaut Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla, the pilot of the Axiom-4 mission.When is the launch, and how can I watch it?The launch is scheduled to take place at 2:31 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.The crew will ride in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket. It will lift off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA will provide video coverage of the flight on its website, or you can watch the countdown starting at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time on Axiom\u2019s YouTube channel.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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