Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station is now eyeing a launch on June 25, NASA introduced on Tuesday (June 24, 2025).
The Axiom-4 mission, which marks the return to house for India, Hungary, and Poland, was earlier scheduled for lift-off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 25 onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket at 12:01 p.m. IST on Wednesday.
“NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT (12:01 IST), Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4,” a NASA assertion stated.
The Axiom-4 business mission is led by Commander Peggy Whitson, with Mr. Shukla as mission pilot and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu and Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski as mission specialists.
The mission was initially scheduled for lift-off on May 29 however was then postpone to June 8, then June 10 and June 11, when engineers detected a liquid oxygen leak within the boosters of the Falcon-9 rocket and NASA additionally detected leaks within the ageing Russian module of the International Space Station.
The launch was then deliberate for June 19 after which on June 22 which was postpone to permit NASA consider operations of the ISS after repairs within the Russian module.
The mission will carry off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
The crew will journey to the orbiting laboratory on a brand new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the corporate’s Falcon 9 rocket.
The focused docking time is roughly 7 am (4:30 p.m. IST) Thursday, June 26, NASA stated.
