Axiom-4 Mission Carrying India’s Shubhanshu Shukla Postponed to June 11

The launch of the highly anticipated Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to the ISS, which has Indian Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla onboard, has been delayed a day, due to inclement weather, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted on Monday.

Originally scheduled for June 10, 2025, the mission is now scheduled to launch, subject to weather, on June 11 at 5:30 pm IST.

Dr. V Narayanan. Chairman of ISRO, Secretary of the Department of Space, and Chairman of the Space Commission, confirmed the development via a tweet from ISRO's X account.

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Launch of Axiom-4 mission to International Space Station:

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 PM IST on 11th…

— ISRO (@isro) June 9, 2025

The Ax-4 mission is a significant step in India's space odyssey, as Shukla is the first Indian to travel to space in over 40 years (since Rakesh Sharma went to space aboard a Soviet spacecraft in 1984).

Also on the mission is Tigor Kapu of Hungary and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, the 14-day mission is a historical milestone for both India, Hungary and Poland in humans flying in space under Axiom Space's government-financed commercial human spaceflight program.

The Ax-4 crew and SpaceX teams did a full launch day rehearsal on Sunday prior to the now-delayed liftoff.

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In addition, the Central government has provided Rs 550 crore for India's involvement with the Ax-4 mission, highlighting the significance that the Central government places on international collaboration in space.

While on the ISS, Shukla will perform several India-centric experiments on food and nutrition in space. The experiments were designed by ISRO and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) with support from NASA to develop self-sustainable life-support systems to help explore eventual deep-space missions. Some specific projects include sprouting fenugreek and green gram in microgravity and returning the seeds to Earth for multi-generational study.

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