AX-4 ISS mission piloted by Indian astronaut deferred to June 11 due to adverse weather
Chennai, June 9 (UNI) Axiom Mission 4 to International Space Station (ISS), piloted by decorated Indian Astronaut Subhanshu Shukla and three other crew from US, Hungary and Poland, was deferred by a day to June 11 due to adverse weather conditions.
The Mission was scheduled for take off aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the ISS tomorrow morning.
The mission that involved docking in ISS for 14 days after a 28 hour flight journey to conduct various experiments, was postponed to June 11, citing bad weather.
Confirming this, Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh posted on X, due to adverse weather, the launch of the Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian Gaganytri to the ISS is rescheduldd from June 10 to possibly June 11, 2025 and further update, if any, will be shared.
Meanwhile, Space X in a social media post, said "SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 11 for
Falcon-9's launch of Axiom Space's Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station
from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch is
targeted for 8:00 a.m. ET, with a backup opportunity available on Thursday, June 12 at
7:37 a.m. ET.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about two hours prior to liftoff, it said.
This is the first flight for the Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission.
This will be the second flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched a Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct more than 60 scientific experiments and demonstrations focused on human research, Earth observation, and life, biological, and material sciences.
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