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The launch of Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS), a historic milestone for India’s space program, has been postponed to June 10, 2025, at 5:52 pm IST. This delay, announced by Axiom Space, comes as the crew continues their mandatory two-week pre-flight quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, Florida—a standard protocol designed to prevent
The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), scheduled for June 8, 2025, marks a historic milestone in India’s space ambitions as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the country’s designated "Gaganyatri," prepares to journey to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.Dr. V. Narayanan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has underscored the profound
Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla, along with his three crewmates, has officially entered quarantine as the final phase of preparations for the highly anticipated Axiom Mission-4 (AX-4) to the International Space Station (ISS) begins.The launch, scheduled for June 8, 2025, will see the crew lifted into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, departing from Kennedy Space Center in the
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is poised for a landmark period from May to July 2025, with a series of high-profile space missions that underscore India’s expanding capabilities in human spaceflight, Earth observation, and international collaboration.The headline event in this period is the scheduled spaceflight of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force to the
Axiom Space is on the verge of launching the Axiom-4 (AX-4) mission, a landmark international collaboration that will see Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force become the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. One of the mission’s most significant scientific objectives is the Human Spaceflight
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set to become the first Indian to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), will be involved in a study examining the impact of screen time on the human brain in space.This study, known as "Voyager Displays," aims to investigate the physical and cognitive effects of using computer screens in microgravity. It
A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket, named the "Victory Rocket" to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, successfully launched on April 8, 2025, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.The rocket carried the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft with three crew members: Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim. The launch occurred at 5:47
The Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, “But as Starliner’s thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to mov…
This week NASA “issued a solicitation for the next two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station,” reports Space News. Scheduled after May of 2026 and then mid-2027, “These will be the fifth and sixth such missions to the ISS, part …
Indian astronaut-designate Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to make history by becoming the second Indian to travel to space, following Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma’s historic mission in 1984. Shukla will serve as the Mission Pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled to launch in May 2025 from NASA’s Kennedy