<ul><li>The fifth Dragon spacecraft, tail number C213, will not be ready to support the flight of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station until next month, delaying the launch targeting from May 29 to at least June 8.</li><li>The delays in readiness of the C213 Dragon spacecraft have impacted multiple missions over the years, with problems identified in propulsion, environmental control systems, and a battery that needed replacement.</li><li>Axiom Mission 4 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, with the mission planned for a roughly two-week stay on the space station.</li><li>NASA also announced plans for Crew-11 mission and SpaceX’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the ISS, with future commercial space stations aiming to continue crewed work in microgravity post the ISS retirement.</li></ul>

Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness

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