The Axiom-4 mission, featuring Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, is now set to launch on June 25 at 12:01 pm IST, NASA announced, days after postponing the launch for the sixth time.
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission will be launched on June 25 at 12:01 pm (IST), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement.
“NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31 am. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4,” it said.
The Axiom-4 mission saw several postponements due to multiple reasons, including weather and technical. The Axiom-4 mission will lift off from the Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
The crew, which includes Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. The targeted docking time is approximately 7 a.m. Thursday, June 26. NASA will provide more details and its coverage information shortly.
Other astronauts who will accompany Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India are Commander Peggy Whitson from the US, and Mission Specialists Slawosz Uzananski-Wisniewksi from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.
.@NASA, @Axiom_Space, and @SpaceX are targeting 2:31 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for the launch of Axiom Mission 4 to the orbital outpost. https://t.co/kbAFZXZjNv
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) June 23, 2025
The spacecraft was set for launch on Sunday, June 22, but the launch was postponed for the sixth time.
NASA will announce the new date in the coming days. The mission that will carry Shubhanshu Shukla and three more astronauts to space was previously set for launch on June 19, but was postponed to June 22.
“NASA and Axiom Space are postponing the launch of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station. As part of an ongoing investigation, NASA is working with Roscosmos to understand a new pressure signature, after the recent post-repair effort in the aft most segment of the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module,” NASA said in a statement.
The US space agency said the Cosmonauts aboard the space station recently performed inspections of the pressurised module’s interior surfaces, sealed some additional areas of interest, and measured the current leak rate.
