Whitson praised Shukla’s sharp instincts and technical skills: “He’s just wicked smart when it comes to spacecraft technologies... having him as my pilot is great.”
June 25, 2025The crew is commanded by Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight. Joining them as mission specialists are Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.
June 25, 2025The crew, currently in pre-launch quarantine in Florida, will lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with their Dragon spacecraft set to dock with the ISS shortly after launch.
June 25, 2025The mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a new Dragon spacecraft that will ferry the four-member crew to the orbiting laboratory.
June 24, 2025The Ax-4 crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
June 18, 2025Ax-4 also marks the first time astronauts from all three nations - India, Poland, and Hungary - will travel to the ISS together, representing a new chapter in global space cooperation.
June 11, 2025Addressing a press conference, V Narayanan said the first two stages after the launch performed as expected, and the problem was detected at the third stage.
May 18, 2025"During the functioning of the third stage, we are seeing an observation and the mission could not be accomplished. After analysis, we shall come back," the ISRO chairman said.
May 18, 2025The 101st launch was done with PSLV-C61, carrying an Earth Observation Satellite, named as EOS-09 which will be put in a Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO).
May 18, 2025Speaking at the 5th convocation ceremony of the Central Agricultural University in Imphal, Narayanan emphasized the crucial role of space technology in national defence.
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