Brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrives at pad for June 10 astronaut launch (photo)

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The Crew Dragon capsule that will fly SpaceX’s next astronaut mission has arrived at the launch pad.

That flight, called Ax-4, is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on June 10 from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX just took a step toward meeting that timeline: It has delivered the Dragon to Pad 39A’s hangar, the company announced via X on Thursday (June 5).

The crew of Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station. From left to right: pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, commander Peggy Whitson, mission specialist Sławosz Uznański and mission specialist Tibor Kapu. (Image credit: Axiom Space)

That capsule — a brand-new vehicle, with no flights yet under its belt — will carry four people to and from the International Space Station (ISS) for the Houston-based company Axiom Space. It will be Axiom’s fourth such mission, which explains the Ax-4 name.



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