India's Shubhanshu Shukla Now Set To Travel To International Space Station On Jun 8
Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 08:18 ISTShukla’s question to space, onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, comes 4 decades aft Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spaceflight onboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft successful 1984.Shubhanshu Shukla volition present question to International Space Station connected June 8.Axiom-4 ngo to the International Space Station, piloted by Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with 3 different unit members, has been delayed and volition present beryllium launched from the Kennedy Space Centre successful Florida connected June 8 astatine 6:41 p.m. IST.The ngo was earlier scheduled for motorboat connected May 29.The announcement was made by Axiom Space, a US-based commercialized quality spaceflight firm, and NASA."After reviewing @Space_Station formation schedule, NASA and its partners are shifting motorboat opportunities for respective upcoming missions. The caller targeted no-earlier-than-launch opportunities, pending operational readiness, are: Axiom Mission 4: 9:11 americium EDT, Sunday, June 8," NASA said successful a station connected X.Shukla’s question to space, onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, comes 4 decades aft Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spaceflight onboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft successful 1984.Besides Shukla, the Ax-4 unit includes members from Poland and Hungary, marking each nation’s archetypal ngo to the International Space Station successful past and the 2nd government-sponsored quality spaceflight ngo successful implicit 40 years.Shukla volition behaviour 7 experiments successful abstraction that are aimed astatine encouraging microgravity probe successful India which hopes to physique its ain abstraction presumption by 2035 and nonstop astronauts to the satellite by 2047.ISRO has drawn up plans to absorption connected India-centric nutrient to transportation retired experiments connected the ISS, including sprouting methi (Fenugreek) and moong (green gram) successful microgravity conditions.The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) ngo volition besides see Slawosz Uznanski, European Space Agency (ESA) task astronaut, who volition beryllium the 2nd Polish astronaut since 1978.Tibor Kapu volition beryllium the 2nd nationalist Hungarian astronaut since 1980.Peggy Whitson volition bid her 2nd commercialized quality spaceflight mission, adding to her lasting grounds for the longest cumulative clip successful abstraction by an American astronaut.The Ax-4 unit volition motorboat aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the abstraction presumption and walk up to 14 days astatine the orbiting laboratory.(This communicative has not been edited by News18 unit and is published from a syndicated quality bureau provender - PTI)Location : First Published:News india India's Shubhanshu Shukla Now Set To Travel To International Space Station On Jun 8
Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 08:18 IST
Shukla’s question to space, onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, comes 4 decades aft Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spaceflight onboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft successful 1984.
Shubhanshu Shukla volition present question to International Space Station connected June 8.
Axiom-4 ngo to the International Space Station, piloted by Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with 3 different unit members, has been delayed and volition present beryllium launched from the Kennedy Space Centre successful Florida connected June 8 astatine 6:41 p.m. IST.
The ngo was earlier scheduled for motorboat connected May 29.
The announcement was made by Axiom Space, a US-based commercialized quality spaceflight firm, and NASA.
"After reviewing @Space_Station formation schedule, NASA and its partners are shifting motorboat opportunities for respective upcoming missions. The caller targeted no-earlier-than-launch opportunities, pending operational readiness, are: Axiom Mission 4: 9:11 americium EDT, Sunday, June 8," NASA said successful a station connected X.
Shukla’s question to space, onboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, comes 4 decades aft Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spaceflight onboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft successful 1984.
Besides Shukla, the Ax-4 unit includes members from Poland and Hungary, marking each nation’s archetypal ngo to the International Space Station successful past and the 2nd government-sponsored quality spaceflight ngo successful implicit 40 years.
Shukla volition behaviour 7 experiments successful abstraction that are aimed astatine encouraging microgravity probe successful India which hopes to physique its ain abstraction presumption by 2035 and nonstop astronauts to the satellite by 2047.
ISRO has drawn up plans to absorption connected India-centric nutrient to transportation retired experiments connected the ISS, including sprouting methi (Fenugreek) and moong (green gram) successful microgravity conditions.
The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) ngo volition besides see Slawosz Uznanski, European Space Agency (ESA) task astronaut, who volition beryllium the 2nd Polish astronaut since 1978.
Tibor Kapu volition beryllium the 2nd nationalist Hungarian astronaut since 1980.
Peggy Whitson volition bid her 2nd commercialized quality spaceflight mission, adding to her lasting grounds for the longest cumulative clip successful abstraction by an American astronaut.
The Ax-4 unit volition motorboat aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the abstraction presumption and walk up to 14 days astatine the orbiting laboratory.
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