Axiom-4 Mission piloted by Indian astronaut on May 29

Chennai, April 30 -- The much-awaited Axiom-4 AX-4 International Space Station (ISS) mission to be piloted by Indian astronaut Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla, will take place on May 29.

This milestone will herald India's return to human spaceflight after more than four decades, after Rakesh Sharma's iconic 1984 mission aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft.

In a social media post, Axiom Space wrote "Mark your calendars. The #Ax4 crew is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on May 29 at 1:03pm EDT from Florida."

NASA Space Operations also wrote on X "Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the @Space_Station, is targeted to launch no earlier than 1:03 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 29, from @NASAKennedy in Florida...