Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission to International Space Station postponed once again

As per the earlier plan, the crew was scheduled to dock with the space station on June 11 at approximately 12:30 p.m. ET. Photo: X/@SpaceX

The launch of Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has once again been postponed.

The Axiom-4 Mission to the ISS, which was scheduled on June 10 at 8.22 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) from Launch Complex 39A at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, has been postponed to June 11 due to weather conditions.

“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 p.m. IST on 11th June 2025,” ISRO said in a post on X attributing it to ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan.

Group Captain Shukla’s mission to ISS was scheduled to be launched on June 8 however it was postponed to June 10.

As per the earlier plan the crew was scheduled to dock to the space station on June 11 at approximately 12:30 p.m. ET.

Once docked, the Ax-4 astronauts will spend about 14 days aboard the space station conducting microgravity research, technology demonstrations, and outreach events.

Group Captain Shukla will be the pilot of the Ax-4, and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the commercial mission. European Space Agency project astronauts Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland, and Tibor Kapu from Hungary, are also part of the crew.

The Ax-4 crew, which is currently in quarantine. This is the third time the launch has been rescheduled.

Published - June 09, 2025 09:05 pm IST