India, June 9 -- Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, is set to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:22 a.m. EDT, Tuesday.
The four-member crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company's Falcon 9 rocket. The targeted docking time is approximately 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, according to NASA.
The U.S. space agency said it will stream live coverage of launch and arrival activities on NASA+.
Veteran former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, Peggy Whitson will command the commercial mission, while Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as pilot. The two mission specialists are...