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Nasa on Tuesday confirmed that the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station is now targeting a launch on Wednesday, June 25. The mission beforehand confronted collection of postponements brought on by technical points, climate circumstances, and security considerations.
Peggy Whitson, former Nasa astronaut and now director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the Axiom-4 mission. Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, representing Isro, will function the pilot, joined by mission specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary, each representing the European Space Agency.SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are in good situation and prepared at Launch Complex 39A at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.All crew members are at present in pre-flight quarantine, remaining mission-ready as remaining preparations proceed.Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force pilot from Lucknow, is about to change into the second Indian to go to area after Rakesh Sharma’s historic 1984 mission. With over 2,000 flying hours on jets just like the MiG-29 and Su-30 MKI, Shukla will function the mission pilot.
