Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that Axiom Mission 04, which will send Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS), is now tentatively scheduled for launch its on June 22, 2025.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on June 14 that the upcoming Axiom-4 Mission, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, has been rescheduled for June 19.
Elon Musk has warned that the International Space Station is becoming unsafe due to aging parts and recommended it be de-orbited within two years, despite SpaceX earning billions from ISS missions.
He said that his family was informed that the mission was postponed at 6 am on Wednesday and another date has not been revealed. Shambhu Dayal Shukla stated that his family is waiting for the announcement of the next date for the Axiom mission.
The Axiom-4 mission to the ISS, set to carry India's first Gaganyatri, has been postponed after a LOX leak was found in SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket during testing. ISRO and SpaceX will fix the issue and announce a new launch date.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Tuesday interacted via video conference with Group Captain Shubahanshu Shukla, who is set to embark on the Axiom-4 space mission, an official statement from the Indian Air Force (IAF) said.
SpaceX Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability, William Gerstenmaier, highlighted the company's focus on safety and reliability in its Dragon capsule missions, saying the "design changed several propulsion components to make them reliable and more useful."
Brimming with pride and emotion, the family and neighbours of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla are praying for his safe and successful mission as he gears up to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission (Ax-4), marking a historic
The Ax-4 mission, launching June 10, includes astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary--each on their country's first spaceflight in over 40 years. The mission will conduct 60 scientific studies from 31 countries aboard the International Space Station, advancing global space research and c