India, Poland and Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission

<p>Countries send first astronauts in decades into space on Axiom Mission 4, along with US commander</p><p>A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades.</p><p>Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:31am (7:31am UK time), with a brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/25/india-poland-hungary-us-astronauts-iss-axiom-mission-4">Continue reading...</a>