{"id":45179,"date":"2025-06-11T20:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=45179"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:48:41","slug":"axiom-4-space-mission-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-06-2025\/axiom-4-space-mission-international-space-station","title":{"rendered":"Axiom-4 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS3\/Space&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The launch of the Axiom-4 mission has been postponed again due to a technical issue with SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 rocket.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Falcon 9<\/strong><strong>&nbsp; <\/strong>is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It will spend 14 to 21 days on the ISS, conducting over 60 experiments in collaboration with 31 countries, covering fields like biomedical research, Earth observation, and materials science.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some experiments involve <strong>ISRO<\/strong>, offering India key insights for its upcoming Gaganyaan mission, now expected in 2027.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ax-4 crew includes members from <strong>India, Poland, and Hungary, <\/strong>marking each <strong>nation\u2019s first mission<\/strong> to the space station in history and second government-sponsored human spaceflight mission in over 40 years.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Shubhanshu Shukla <\/strong>will be India\u2019s second national astronaut to go to space since <strong>1984<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The mission highlights Axiom Space\u2019s role in advancing international access to low-Earth orbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-06-2025\/news-in-short-10-06-2025\"> International Space Station (ISS)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><br>&#8211; It was designed between 1984 and 1993, with construction of its components beginning in the late 1980s across the US, Canada, Japan, and Europe.\u00a0<br>&#8211; The ISS program unites international flight crews, various launch vehicles, worldwide operations and training facilities, communication networks, and the global scientific research community.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Axiom\u2019s Journey to ISS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To reach the ISS, the mission must launch within a carefully calculated window that aligns the spacecraft\u2019s trajectory with the ISS\u2019s orbit.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After liftoff, Falcon 9\u2019s first stage separates and returns to Earth, while the second stage continues the ascent before releasing the Dragon capsule into orbit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>ISS, located about 400 km above Earth <\/strong>and moving at <strong>28,000 kmph, <\/strong>requires the Dragon to gradually raise its orbit and adjust its path using <strong>16 Draco thrusters <\/strong>via a series of phasing maneuvers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlike Russia\u2019s faster Soyuz craft, Dragon typically takes about 28 hours to reach the ISS due to its newer design and the need to conduct in-flight tests.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As it nears the station, Dragon performs a final maneuver, enters the 200-meter &#8220;keep-out sphere,&#8221; and uses GPS, cameras, and Lidar for autonomous docking.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once docked, safety checks are completed over 1\u20132 hours before the astronauts can board the ISS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source :IE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Read this in Hindi: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs-hindi\/11-06-2025\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-4-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8\">\u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0936\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u090f\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0913\u092e-4 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u0928(ISS)<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The launch of the Axiom-4 mission has been postponed again due to a technical issue with SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 rocket.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It will spend 14 to 21 days on the ISS, conducting over 60 experiments in collaboration with 31 countries, covering fields like biomedical research, Earth observation, and materials science.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Some experiments involve ISRO, offering India key insights for its upcoming Gaganyaan mission, now expected in 2027.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Ax-4 crew includes members from India, Poland, and Hungary, marking each nation\u2019s first mission to the space station in history and second government-sponsored human spaceflight mission in over 40 years.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Shubhanshu Shukla will be India\u2019s second national astronaut to go to space since 1984.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-06-2025\/axiom-4-space-mission-international-space-station\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46127,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45179\/revisions\/46127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}