26/6/2025–|Last update: 17:28 (Mecca time)
The company “SpaceX” launched at dawn today, Wednesday, the fourth mission of the American “Axium Space” company for the International Space Station, on board the new “Dragon” spacecraft, which bears the name Grace (Al -Nama), marking the launch of a new chapter of international cooperation in space.
As is recognized on space flights, the flight crew was given the honor of naming the new capsule, and they chose the name “Grace”.
The journey, which is described as “historical”, was launched today, Wednesday, June 25, from the Kennedy Space Center of NASA, Florida, at 02:31 am in the eastern coast time of the United States (06:31 GMT), after a two -week postponement due to the Alawite winds, in addition to a continuous leak of 5 years in the Russian “Zvezda” unit at the space station, and NASA continued the last leakage Concerning before you give the green light to launch the task after stabilizing the pressure inside the unit.
Why is a historical journey?
This journey is not like any other tasks, but rather a milestone in the space exploration record for several reasons, the first of which is that it is the first manned task to the station that pioneers from India, Poland and Hungary participate, as no pioneer of these three countries has ever traveled to the International Space Station.
Now, thanks to this journey, both Schobancho Chocolate (India), Slawush Ozensky Fishnesky (Poland), and Tigor Capo (Hungary) will become part of the international space community working in low Earth orbit.
The journey also has women’s leadership, as leadership Bigi Wittson, the leader of the veteran American space, who is the most American survival in space, will reach a total of about 700 days, and Whittson is now the director of human space flights at the company “Axium Space”, organized for the mission.
The third reason, to describe it as “historical task”, is that it will witness the largest number of scientific experiments on a special mission, as the crew will conduct more than 60 scientific and technological experiences within two weeks of residence on the station, including research in medicine, material science, artificial intelligence, and space health, and this is the largest experimenting package implemented by the task of organizing a private company so far.
In addition, this task represents a big boost for national space programs in India, Poland and Hungary, where the crew participating in it contributes to research projects with the support of the European Space Agency and national programs.
Pre -boot moments … and a prospective return
The procedures before the launch of that historical trip included the direction of Tesla on Tesla’s “X” cars to the launch platform, where they were installed inside the capsule and the closure of the door, and after fuel supply operations, 9 Merlin engines were launched in the “Falcon 9” missile to push “Grace” towards the sky decorated with the stars.
The first stage was separated after two and a half minutes, then it was accurately returned to the landing platform of “SpaceX”, while the second stage continued to carry “Dragon” to the orbit, to start “Grace” its new mission in space.
The spacecraft is expected to enter into the space station on Thursday morning, June 26, with the crew residing for a period of two weeks in orbit within the 73rd crew of the International Space Station.
Grace is planned to return to Earth in the second half of July, through a water drop in the Pacific Ocean, which is the second time a crew is restored off the western coast after moving the place of landing from the coast of Florida for reasons related to the safety of return.