Chennai, June 5 -- The prestigious Axiom-4 AX-4 mission to be piloted by
Indian Astronaut to International Space Station (ISS) after1984 has been pushed
by two days to June 10 with an additional crew in the form of a swan signalling peace.
The mission was ealrier scheduled in the end of May this year, deferred to June 8 and
now again pushed by two days to June 10, NASA said on this collaborative mission.
The added feature of this deferred mission was Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu
Shukla and his three colleagues would be joined by an unllkely and pleasant "fifth crew member"
-Joy, a plush version of a swan, which has a cultural significance in all the countries that are
part of the mission.
Joy is the mascot of the Mission...