Polish And Hungarian Astronauts Will Join The Ax-4 Mission

Four selected astronauts for the Ax-4 mission (photo: dock. Axiom Space)

JAKARTA Axiom Space, a Texas-centric space company, announced that the two new countries will join the Axiom 4 (Ax-4) Mission. The country is Hungary and Poland. With the announcement of these two countries, the crew for the Ax-4 mission is complete. The four astronauts who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) are from the Indian Space Research Agency (ISRO), the European Space Agency (ESA), Hungary, and Axiom Space. The task for crew members of the Ax-4 crew has been established. Astronaut Axiom Space,tan White, will become commanders, Astronaut ISRO Shubhanshu Shukla will become Pilots, Astronaut ESA S wayowosz Uznamenski, representing Poland, and Hungarian Astronaut Tibor Kapu will become mission specialists. All four astronauts arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center on August 5 to start training for several months. Axiom has not revealed when these four Ax-4 crews will fly to the ISS. Michael Suffredini, CEO of Axiom Space, explained that Ax-4 will continue various studies, testing, and innovations with various countries. Through this mission, astronauts from various parts of the world will carry out their duties in Earth orbit.

"Our collaboration with ESA is for the second time and the inclusion of Hungary and India underscores Axiom Space's ability to nurture global partners, expand exploration coverage, and pave new ways to develop the global space economy," said Suffredini. The addition of astronauts from Hungary and Poland is the latest news from the Ax-4 mission because India's participation has been announced earlier by NASA. Shukla's delivery to the ISS is part of the cooperation between India and the US. However, it's not just Shukla sent to the Johnson Space Center. ISRO also sent Astronaut Prasanth Baskrishnan Nair as a reserve. If Shukla is unable to fly, Nair will replace his duties.