April 7, 2025
Courtesy Kepler
![[Left] Ax-4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski [Right] have been training to live and work aboard the space station for the past eight months in preparation for their mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than May 2025.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/671fb31e0ed79c76c93e1019/67ed572d67ee3f8a01fa865e_Ax4_Axiom_PAMIntegratedRoutineOps1_ALL_20241219_0771_Web.webp)
The Ax-4 research complement includes around 60 scientific studies and activities representing 31 countries. This will be the most research and science-related activities conducted on an Axiom Space mission aboard the International Space Station to date.
Leveraging exclusive ISS integration, flight control team simulates rendezvous and capture operations on path to first module launch
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