CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary heading for their countries’ first visit to the International Space Station. The astronaut team lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at about 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT), beginning the latest mission organized by Texas-based startup Axiom Space in partnership with Elon Musk’s rocket venture SpaceX.

Fast 300 Menschen waren schon auf der Raumstation ISS - aber noch nie jemand aus Indien, Ungarn und Polen. Das soll sich mit der privaten Raumfahrtmission „Ax-4“ ändern.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from…