Ua hoʻi hou nā Ax-4 i ka Honua ma hope o ka huakaʻi 22.5-hola mai ka International Space Station (ISS) kahi i noho ai lākou i 18 mau lā. ʻO ka Dragon capsule ʻo Grace e lawe ana i nā ʻauwaʻa i lele ʻia ma ke kahakai o Kaleponi ma kahi o 4:31 am CT.
Misiona Axiom 4 ʻO ia kahi mokulele holoʻokoʻa pilikino i ka ISS i hoʻokele ʻia e Axiom Space me ka hui pū me SpaceX a me NASA. ʻO ia ka hā o ka huakaʻi astronaut pilikino o Axiom Space i ka ISS. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia ma luna o kahi pahu SpaceX Falcon 9 i ka lā 25 Iune 2025 UTC, nāna i hoʻokomo i ka mokulele SpaceX Crew Dragon Grace i loko o ka orbit honua haʻahaʻa. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka moku holo moku ʻo Dragon e SpaceX ma lalo o ka NASA's Commercial Crew Program no ka lawe ʻana i nā astronauts i ka ISS. Ua huakaʻi ka Dragon capsule Grace i ka International Space Station (ISS) e lawe ana i ʻehā astronauts pilikino a hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka Harmony zenith docking port o ka ISS ma 26 Iune 2025. ʻO nā astronauts pilikino ʻo Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski a me Tibor Kapu. he 18 mau lā ma luna o ke keʻena hana orbiting, e alakaʻi ana i kahi mikiona i loko o ka ʻepekema, hoʻolaha, a me nā hana kalepa.
Axiom Space, Inc. He hui kūʻokoʻa ʻAmelika e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe mokulele kanaka, me nā mikionale i ka International Space Station (ISS) a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hale kūʻai mokulele mua, ʻo Axiom Station me nā lawelawe e like me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa astronaut, ka hoʻolālā misionari, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lako, a me nā hana ma ka orbit i nā kānaka, nā hui, a me nā keʻena lewa. He mea hana ʻaelike ia no NASA. I ka makahiki 2020, ua hāʻawi ʻo NASA iā Axiom Space i kahi ʻaelike e hoʻomohala a hoʻopili i nā modula kalepa i ka ISS, a, i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ka ISS a hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Axiom Station, kahi keʻena kūʻokoʻa pilikino ma ka orbit Earth haʻahaʻa.
I mea e kūkulu ai i ka ʻike a me nā ʻōnaehana no ka ʻoihana kikowaena kalepa, ua hui pū ʻo NASA me Axiom Space no nā misionari astronaut pilikino i ka ISS a no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā spacesuits no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma ka ISS.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., ʻike nui ʻia ʻo SpaceX He hui ʻenehana kikowaena kūʻokoʻa ʻAmelika e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i a mai ISS ma lalo o ka NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi SpaceX Crew-9. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka huakaʻi SpaceX Crew-10 a e hoʻomaka koke ʻia ʻo Crew-11.
Hāʻawi ka NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kanaka i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke kālepa i ka International Space Station (ISS) e nā mea hoʻolako pilikino ma kahi ʻaelike kumu kūʻai paʻa iā NASA.
ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa astronaut a mai International Space Station (ISS) mai nā mea hoʻolako pilikino e hiki ai iā NASA ke nānā aku i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā kaʻa no nā mikiona kanaka hohonu i Mars me kahi kahua hoʻomoana ma ka Moon ma lalo o ka Polokalamu Artemis.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka International Space Station (ISS) no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā luʻi o nā lele mokulele lōʻihi no nā misionari lewa hohonu.
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Sources:
- Axiom Space. Axiom Mission 4 - Nā hanana Mikiona. Loaʻa ma https://www.axiomspace.com/missions/ax4
- NASA. Ke kahua lewa honua. Loaʻa ma https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/
- SpaceX. AX-4 E Hoi I Ka Honua. Loaʻa ma https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=ax-4
- SpaceX. ʻO Dragon: Hoʻouna i nā kānaka a me nā ukana i ka lewa. Loaʻa ma https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/
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Pākuʻi pili:
- Hoʻi ʻo SpaceX Crew-9 i ka Honua me nā Astronauts o Boeing Starliner (19 Malaki 2025)
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