India, June 18 -- The launch of Axiom-4 mission, carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station (ISS), has been postponed to June 22 for the fifth time.

The Axiom-4 mission, which marks the return to space for India, Hungary, and Poland, was earlier scheduled to blast off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida on June 19 onboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.

"Nasa, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than Sunday, June 22, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4," Axiom Space said in a statement.

The mission was originally scheduled for lift-off on May 29 but was then put off to June 8, then June 10 and...