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NASA has announced it will provide live coverage of the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew’s departure from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 14, with undocking scheduled for approximately 7:05 am EDT (4:30 PM IST). The Ax-4 mission is notable for including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the ISS, serving as the mission pilot. The four-member crew also
As Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla prepares to return to Earth after his mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), attention turns to the profound effects of microgravity on the human body. Spaceflight, even for short durations, presents unique physiological and psychological challenges that require careful preparation, adaptation, and recovery.In microgravity, the absence of Earth’s
The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 14, 2025, at 7:05 am ET (4:35 pm IST), according to Axiom Space and NASA. This marks the culmination of a mission that began with their launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 25, 2025. The
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and his fellow Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew members will remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) longer than initially planned, as their return has been delayed beyond the original two-week schedule.The European Space Agency (ESA) has stated that the crew is now expected to return no earlier than July 14, though this date is provisional and subject to
NASA has postponed the launch of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS), which was most recently rescheduled for June 22, 2025. The decision to stand down from the planned Sunday launch was announced after continued technical evaluations and safety checks, particularly following recent repair work on the aft section of the ISS’s Russian Zvezda service module.NASA, Axiom
The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4), a landmark private spaceflight carrying astronauts from India, Hungary, and Poland to the International Space Station (ISS), has been rescheduled for launch no earlier than June 22, 2025.This mission, led by Axiom Space in collaboration with NASA, SpaceX, and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is under intense scrutiny as it faces mounting pressure to
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced its active coordination with Axiom Space to refresh time-sensitive experimental specimens for the upcoming Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), now targeting a launch no earlier than June 19, 2025.This mission, involving a collaboration between NASA, Axiom Space, SpaceX, and ISRO, will see Indian astronaut
The Critical Discovery That Prevented CatastropheThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) played a pivotal role in preventing what could have been a catastrophic space disaster by insisting on thorough safety protocols for the Axiom-4 mission. The timely detection of a critical crack in the oxidiser line of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket, which was set to carry four astronauts including India’s
The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4), which will send Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS), is now scheduled for launch on June 19, 2025, following a series of technical setbacks and delays. The mission, a collaboration between Axiom Space, SpaceX, NASA, and ISRO, will lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.The launch was
NASA and Axiom Space have indefinitely delayed the Axiom-4 launch to the International Space Station due to concerns about a persistent air leak in the Russian PrK vestibule of the aging Zvezda module. “The PrK serves as a passageway between the statio…