MSI Bioperformance Founder Strengthens Partnership with Axiom Space. Ax-4 mission is scheduled for May 2025.
Recognized for its work with elite athletes and optimizing human performance, MSI Bioperformance, led by Portuguese physiologist Emiliano Ventura, announces its role in preparing the crew of the Axiom 4 (Ax-4) Mission, developing a program specific to the physical and mental demands of human spaceflight.
The partnership is ongoing and astronauts are preparing for their mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled for May 2025.
Emiliano Ventura, Director of MSI Bioperformance, takes responsibility for personalized exercise programs and monitoring the astronauts’ performance, supporting pre-mission preparation, mandatory quarantine protocols and post-mission recovery to ensure they maintain peak physical and cognitive performance throughout all phases of the operation.
Emiliano Ventura: “Each mission presents unique challenges that require innovative solutions. Our partnership with Axiom Space reinforces our unwavering commitment to advancing the science of human performance and the success of space exploration. The Ax-4 mission is a testament to the transformative impact of this work.”
Alex Rubin, Group Director of Medical Operations at Axiom Space: “The partnership with MSI Bioperformance, under the leadership of Emiliano Ventura, has been instrumental in connecting crew health support on the ground and in orbit for our missions to the International Space Station.
Their expertise ensures that our astronauts recover quickly from the effects of microgravity, with personalized support tailored to each crew member. By leveraging innovative physical and cognitive performance strategies, MSI is setting new standards in space health management. This collaboration not only improves the well-being of our astronauts but also contributes to the overall success and safety of our missions.”
This mission comes on the heels of MSI Bioperformance’s support for Axiom Space’s third commercial astronaut mission, the Axiom 3 Mission. With the Axiom-4 mission scheduled for late May 2025, MSI Bioperformance will once again play a key role in ensuring astronaut performance is optimized.
Axiom Space’s Ax-4 Mission: A Global Endeavor
Ax-4 will include crew members from India, Poland and Hungary, marking each nation’s first mission to the space station and the second government-sponsored human spaceflight mission in more than 40 years. This mission underscores the global nature of space exploration.
- Peggy Whitson (Commander) – Veteran NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space.
- Shubhanshu Shukla (pilot) – Astronaut representing the Indian Space Research Organisation.
- Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Mission Specialist) – Project Astronaut of the European Space Agency.
- Tibor Kapu (Mission Specialist) – Astronaut representing the Hungarian In-Orbit Program.
This diverse crew underscores the importance of international collaboration in advancing space exploration and human performance science.
Looking to the future
The Ax-4 mission represents a new chapter in the collaboration between Axiom Space and MSI Bioperformance, demonstrating the transformative potential of human performance science in space exploration. As the mission progresses, both organizations remain committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in space and on Earth.
MSI Bioperformance
Located in Madrid, MSI Bioperformance is a world-class institute dedicated to optimizing human performance in diverse fields, including sports, aerospace and healthcare. Its collaboration with Axiom Space highlights Spain’s growing role in the global space economy and the critical importance of human performance science in space exploration.
From space, to the Márquez brothers and to António Félix da Costa and Tiago Monteiro
With over two decades of experience in monitoring elite athletes, Emiliano Ventura has built a career dedicated to sports science, combining theoretical knowledge and practical application in the development of human performance. Throughout his career, he has worked with a wide range of excellent professionals, from Olympic athletes to drivers from various fields, including Formula 1. He recently renewed his partnership with brothers Marc and Álex Márquez, to prepare him for the rigorous MotoGP competition calendar.
In Portugal, Emiliano Ventura continues his years of work with two of the most prominent national drivers, António Félix da Costa and Tiago Monteiro and more recently with Noah Monteiro.
About Axiom Space
Axiom Space is building the world’s first commercial space station – Axiom Station. Serving as the cornerstone for a sustained human presence in space, this next-generation orbital platform fosters groundbreaking innovation and research in microgravity and cultivates the vibrant global space economy of tomorrow. Today, driven by the vision of leading humanity’s journey off-planet, Axiom Space is the leading provider of commercial human spaceflight services to the International Space Station and develops advanced spacesuits for the Moon and low-Earth orbit. Axiom Space is building era-defining space infrastructure that will enable our civilization to transcend Earth, for the benefit of all human beings.
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