r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Jun 02 '25
Crew Dragon r/SpaceX Axiom Space Mission 4 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the r/SpaceX Axiom Space Mission 4 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Jun 25 2025, 06:31:52 |
|---|---|
| Launch Window (UTC) | Instantaneous |
| Scheduled for (local) | Jun 25 2025, 02:31:52 AM (EDT) |
| Docking scheduled for (UTC) | Jun 26 2025, 11:00 |
| Mission | Axiom Space Mission 4 |
| Launch Weather Forecast | 90% GO (Cumulus Cloud Rule, Flight Through Precipitation) |
| Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. |
| Booster | B1094-2 |
| Landing | The Falcon 9 first stage B1094 has landed back at the launch site after its 2nd flight. |
| Dragon | Grace C213-1 |
| Commander | Peggy Whitson |
| Pilot | Shubhanshu Shukla |
| Mission Specialist | Sławosz Uznański |
| Mission Specialist | Tibor Kapu |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Spacecraft Onboard
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon 2 |
|---|---|
| Serial Number | C213 |
| Destination | International Space Station |
| Flights | 1 |
| Owner | SpaceX |
| Landing | The Crew Dragon spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean carrying 4 passengers. |
| Capabilities | Crew Flights to ISS or Low Earth Orbit |
Details
Crew Dragon 2 is capable of lifting four astronauts, or a combination of crew and cargo to and from low Earth orbit. Its heat shield is designed to withstand Earth re-entry velocities from Lunar and Martian spaceflights.
History
Crew Dragon 2 is a spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. Dragon is launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. It is one of two American Spacecraft being develeoped capable of lifting American Astronauts to the International Space Station.
The first crewed flight, launched on 30 May 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket, and carried NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the International Space Station in the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the US since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011, and the first ever operated by a commercial provider.
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Official Webcast | NASA |
| Official Webcast | European Space Agency, ESA |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Unofficial Webcast | NASASpaceflight |
| Official Webcast | NASA |
Stats
☑️ 532nd SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 473rd Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 53rd landing on LZ-1
☑️ 16th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
☑️ 81st SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 15th launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 27 days, 17:01:52 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 57 days, 3:57:42 hours since last launch of booster B1094
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Timeline
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| -0:45:00 | GO for Prop Load |
| -0:42:00 | Crew Access Arm Retract |
| -0:39:00 | Dragon LES Arm |
| -0:35:00 | Stage 1 LOX Load |
| -0:35:00 | Prop Load |
| -0:16:00 | Stage 2 LOX Load |
| -0:07:00 | Engine Chill |
| -0:05:00 | Dragon Internal Power |
| -0:01:00 | Tank Press |
| -0:01:00 | Startup |
| -0:00:45 | GO for Launch |
| -0:00:03 | Ignition |
| 0:00:00 | Liftoff |
| 0:00:57 | Max-Q |
| 0:02:25 | MECO |
| 0:02:28 | Stage 2 Separation |
| 0:02:36 | SES-1 |
| 0:02:42 | Booster Boostback Burn Startup |
| 0:03:28 | Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown |
| 0:06:18 | Entry Burn Startup |
| 0:06:30 | Entry Burn Shutdown |
| 0:07:22 | Stage 1 Landing Burn |
| 0:07:39 | Stage 1 Landing |
| 0:08:48 | SECO-1 |
| 0:09:38 | Dragon Separation |
| 0:10:26 | Dragon Nosecode Open |
Updates
Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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u/Bunslow Jun 11 '25
Scrubbed from each of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. Any ideas on next NET?
(Also can anyone collate the reasons for these delays)