India, June 4 -- Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as pilot to the fourth private astronaut mission from Axiom Space to the International Space Station.
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX announced Tuesday that the launch of Axiom Mission 4 has been postponed to June 10, targeting no earlier than 8:22 a.m. ET.
The change in date allows teams to account for predicted inclement weather during the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft transport in addition to completing final processing of the spacecraft ahead of launch, NASA said in a press release.
An Indian Air Force test pilot and astronaut, Shubhanshu Shukla is one of the four astronaut designates who will fly to space as part of the Axiom Mission 4, a collaboration betwe...