India, June 11 -- The Axiom-4 mission, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to space, has been deferred on Wednesday.

As per an X post, the mission was postponed on Wednesday to repair the Falcon 9 rocket.

"Standing down from tomorrow's Falcon 9 launch of Ax-4 to the@Space_Station to allow additional time for SpaceX teams to repair the LOx leak identified during post static fire booster inspections," the X post said.

Axiom Space did not specify the next day of the launch.

"Once complete - and pending Range availability - we will share a new launch date," Axiom Space said.

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