Axiom-4 Mission Successfully Docks on the ISS, Shubhanshu Shukla Makes History

Axiom 4 Mission carrying the crew members has now reached the Worldwide House Station (ISS) after getting launched from Kennedy House Centre at 12:01 PM IST on June 25, 2025. Dragon has Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu, and Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla. It is going to dock to the Concord module space-facing port on Thursday at 7 a.m. The flight engineers at NASA, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, will probably be on responsibility and monitor Dragon through the automated strategy of it, and in addition for the manoeuvres.

Dragon Capsule to Dock at Concord Module on June 27

As per the confirmation by NASA, after docking, the Ax-4 astronauts will meet with the seven Expedition 73 crewmates. They are going to additional take part in a security briefing with the residents of the station. McClain and Ayers, with the remainder of the crew, had a standard shift on Wednesday doing the microgravity analysis and lab upkeep.

Axiom Mission 4 aboard the @SpaceX Dragon docked to the station at 6:31am ET in the present day. Quickly the Ax-4 astronauts will open the hatch and greet the Exp 73 crew stay on @NASA+. Extra… https://t.co/XmWYPa4BhT pic.twitter.com/LjjMd7DfmW

— Worldwide House Station (@Space_Station) June 26, 2025

McClain went by way of the analysis {hardware} and processed samples within the Future lab module, additional photographed the work for floor evaluation. Ayers carried out the study on fluid physics within the Microgravity Science Glovbox, which might profit pharmaceutical manufacturing methods and 3D printing in area.

Expedition 73 Crew Prepares for Ax-4 Arrival with Routine Duties

NASA Struggle Engineer Jonny Kim and Commander Takuya Onishi examined a specialised thigh cuff that may reverse the space-caused fluid shifts in the direction of the higher physique of the crew member. Each of them took turns sporting the biomedical system within the Columbus lab module as ultrasound 2 scans and measured blood stress with cardiac output, coronary heart price and extra to know the effectiveness of the thigh cuff in regards to the well being of the crew.

Scientific Analysis and Biomedical Exams Proceed Aboard the ISS

Sergey Ryzhikov, the veteran cosmonaut and thrice a space customer, began his shift within the Zvezda service lab module and changed laptop elements earlier than the day closed. Additional, he expenses science experiment batteries and prompts an Earth statement digital camera. Alexey Zubritskiy, flight engineer at NASA, reorganised cargo contained in the Nauka science module and stowed trash, and in addition discarded gear within the Progress 90 cargo craft as a result of they needed to depart the Poisk module after seven days. One other flight engineer, Kirill Peskov, cleaned the Nauka air flow system and checked the publicity information of radiation whereas orbiting the Earth.