Axiom-4, piloted by Shubhanshu Shukla, postponed to June 11

The crew will lift off aboard Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

(From left) Axiom Mission 4 crew members Tibor Kapu, Shubhanshu Shukla, Peggy Whitson, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland / SpaceX

The maiden space voyage of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, a part of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station (ISS), has been rescheduled to June 11 at 8 am EDT.

NASA has announced that the launch, earlier scheduled for June 10, has been moved to June 11 due to forecasted weather conditions in the ascent corridor along the flight path of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

The announced 8 am EDT schedule is tentative and is stated as the earliest possible launch window and the final launch timing would be heavily dependent on conducive weather conditions.

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ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as pilot and Peggy Whitson, former NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission. The two mission specialists are ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.

The crew will lift off aboard Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Shukla, an Indian Air Force Group Captain, is set to make history as the first Indian aboard the ISS. He is scheduled to undertake biological experiments in space to improve understanding of the growth of life in space conditions.

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