India, June 24 -- After six postponements, NASA has set a new launch date for the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station. As per the latest update Axiom Space, SpaceX and NASA are now aiming for a launch as early as Wednesday - June 25.

"NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting 2:31am EDT, Wednesday, June 25, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4," stated NASA.

Based on this statement, the astronaut group carrying India's Shubhanshu Shukla could take off at 12:10 PM IST on Wednesday.

The fourth Axiom mission is set to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

"The crew will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after...