New Delhi, Jun 9: Due to weather conditions, the launch of Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station has been postponed to June 11, the ISRO said on Monday evening. SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket was scheduled to blast off from the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday evening.

"Due to weather conditions, the launch of Axiom-4 mission for sending Indian Gaganyatri to International Space Station is postponed from 10th June 2025 to 11th June 2025.The targeted time of launch is 5:30 PM IST on 11th June 2025," the Indian Space Reserch Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan said. Shukla's travel to space marks India's return to human spaceflight 41 years after Rakesh Sharma scripted history by undertaking a journey to space onboard Soviet Russia's Soyuz spacecraft in 1984. Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to Serve as Mission Pilot on Axiom-4 Mission: Union Minister Jitendra Singh.

Launch of Axiom-4 Mission to ISS Postponed

The Lucknow-born Shukla, who goes by the call sign ‘Shuks', is part of an ISRO-NASA supported commercial spaceflight by Axiom Space where all the customers are national governments. The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission comprises Commander Peggy Whitson, pilot Shukla and specialists Tigor Kapu of Hungary and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland. ISRO’s Gaganyatri to Carry out Microgravity Research Experiments During Upcoming Axiom-4 Mission.

The 14-day mission will "realise the return" to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary.

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