The Axiom-4 mission is the fourth mission planned by US-based spaceflight company Axiom Space to the ISS. It consists of a crew of four people — Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tobir Kapu — plus cargo.

This is the fourth time that the Axiom-4 mission stands delayed. Earlier, it was postponed to June 11 amid unfavourable weather conditions.

The launch of the Axiom-4 mission, which carries India’s first spacecraft pilot, Shubhanshu Shukla, has been delayed due to a liquid oxygen (LOx) leak.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members to the International Space Station as part of the Axion-4 mission, was delayed again on Wednesday - for the fourth time since May 29.

Former ISRO Chairperson S Somanath in an interview noted how 60% IITians walked out of the interviews after learning the maximum salary they could earn at ISRO.

India is part of the Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission in collaboration with NASA, which is a historic moment as this is Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission. India has made a contract with the agency and has spent millions on Shukla's training and backup astronaut.

CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA): When India’s Shubhanshu Shukla and his three crewmates lift off aboard the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission on June 10, they’ll travel in a previously used SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket and a new Dragon spacecraft—the crew will give it a ...