India, June 26 -- The Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian Air Force Group Captain and ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is all set to dock at the International Space Station on Thursday. The Ax-4 crew successfully lifted off on June 25 into space onboard SpaceX's Dragon aircraft nearly a month of delays and postponements.

The Falcon-9 rocket and the Dragon spacecraft lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The spacecraft is slated to dock at the ISS on June 26, which will mark the start of the crew's 14-day mission. '

Along with Shubhanshu Shukla, who is the designated pilot for the mission, the Ax-4 crew includes - Commander Peggy Whitson from the US and Mission Specialists Sawosz Uznaski-Winiewski from Poland, and Tibor Kap...