Tag: Peggy Whitson
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Launch preview: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station
The four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 pose together amid a dry dress rehearsal of launch day activities. Left to right: Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. Image: SpaceX Update June 24, 6:38 p.m. EDT: Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX are targeting Wednesday, June 25 for the…
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Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut crew named, begins training in Houston
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Dragon Freedom carried four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts to the orbital lab on May 22, 2023, including Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. Image: NASA The full crew of…