SpaceX Axiom-4 astronaut launch: Date, time, how to watch liftoff
- by USA Today
- Jun 24, 2025
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Ax-4 mission would be the 4th time in about 3 years that a crew has ventured to space station for a 2-week private research stint.
Among the mission's crew are astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary who would be the first from their respective nations to ever reach the station.
The launch will occur at NASA's historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Those watching from home will have plenty of options to catch a livestream of the spaceflight.
Both SpaceX and Axiom Space will provide a webcast, with coverage beginning about two hours before the launch. SpaceX's webcast will be available on its website here, and on social media site X.
NASA will join coverage of the launch about an hour ahead of liftoff on its NASA+ streaming service, available here.
Who is the crew of Axiom 4?
Here's a look at the four international astronauts that make up the SpaceX Ax-4 crew:
Commander Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space who previously commanded Ax-2
Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, an astronaut with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Mission specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, a scientist and engineer from Poland who is part of the European Space Agency's reserve astronaut class
Mission specialist Tibor Kapu, a mechanical engineer from Hungary
How long will the SpaceX Ax-4 astronauts be in space?
The Ax-4 crew members and their Dragon spacecraft are expected to be docked at the International Space Station for up to 14 days.
Though their exact return date remains unclear, they would eventually depart the space station on the Dragon for a water landing off the coast of California, where SpaceX has recently moved its recovery operations.
This article has been updated to add new information.
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