Axiom-4 mission: Shubhanshu Shukla's launch to space pushed back by a day

The

Axiom-4 mission

which volition instrumentality India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the

International Space Station

(ISS) has been postponed by a time to June 11 owing to atrocious weather, SpaceX confirmed Monday. “SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 11 for Falcon-9’s motorboat of the Ax-4 ngo 4. Launch is targeted for 8am Eastern Time, with a backup accidental disposable connected Thursday, June 12 astatine 7.37 am,” SpaceX said. As per Indian Standard Time, the motorboat earlier scheduled for June 10 astatine astir 5.52pm, is present scheduled for June 11 astir 5.30pm.Both the Falcon-9, the rocket and the

Crew Dragon spacecraft

person already reached Kennedy Space Centre’s (KSC) Launch Complex-39A. Early connected Sunday here, SpaceX had adjacent completed the static firing of the Falcon-9. “Teams are reviewing static occurrence trial information up of Tuesday’s motorboat of Ax-4 and keeping an oculus connected upwind successful the ascent corridor,” SpaceX had said, indicating that upwind could beryllium a factor. Axiom Space had confirmed precocious connected Sunday that the Ax-4 unit — seasoned astronaut Peggy Whitson (US), Polish technologist Sławosz Uznański, Hungarian researcher Tibor Kapu, and Shukla — and SpaceX teams completed a afloat rehearsal of motorboat time activities up of liftoff.

Isro president V Narayanan, who has already reached the US to enactment successful the launch, besides confirmed the delay. Isro has a team, mostly radical from its Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), including Gaganyaan formation surgeons arsenic portion of its delegation. Isro and Axiom Space sources confirmed that the hold is lone owing to adverse upwind conditions and that they were hopeful of the motorboat connected June 11.