4-Nation Army Readies for 2-Week ISS Term

Axiom Space has been hard at work tidying up for its upcoming mission, Ax-4, scheduled to deliver a quartet of astronauts to join Expedition 73 crew aboard the ISS. The team will be headed up by experienced astronaut Peggy Whitson, taking along a trio of first-timers to the station, Shubhanshu Shukla, Slawosz Uzananski-Wisniewksi, and Tibor Kapu. There’s less than a week to go, so things are moving quickly for Axiom. If successful, the mission will further prove the ability for private companies to do their own space missions, even offering a bridge to orbit for countries with smaller spacefaring operations.