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On June 11, SpaceX stated that the much awaited Axiom-4 (AX-4) mission, using its Falcon 9 spacecraft, is delayed in completing repair work related to Lox leaks. The mission was scheduled to take Indian Air Force official Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members to the International Space Station (ISS) on 11 June.
In its own post, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) stated that the post static fire booster was detected during inspections, and a new date would be shared soon.
A new date was not said immediately, but a announcement is expected soon. ISRO said that the launch would be approved only after the leaks are resolved and the required verification test by experts from Axiom and SpaceX would be completed.
According to NASA’s website, Lox is an integrated liquid oxygen and methane propulsion system, where general proprietors are fed to the response control system and main engine performance, simplicity, reliability and re -purposes provide benefits.
This is the second time that the AX-4 mission has been delayed after launching from June 10 to June 11 due to weather conditions.
Axiom-4 mission delayed: Space X said …
“For the launch of the space station for the launch of the Falcon 9 of yesterday, for the launch of the space station, the post static fire booster to allow additional time for the teams to allow the location leaks identified during the post static fire booster inspection. Once the full-and pending range availability-we shared a new launch date,” Posted on the official account.
What did ISRO say about Axiom-4 mission delay?
In his statement on delay, it was also posted on X on 11 June, ISRO said that the mission, which would have been sent to the ISS, must have been postponed to the ISS.
ISRO said, “As part of the preparation of the launch vehicle to validate the performance of the booster stage of the Falcon 9 launched vehicle, a seven -second hot test was done on the launch pad. It is understood that the propulsion bay was detected during the test.”
“It has been decided to fix the leak and conduct the necessary verification test before the ISRO team with the ISRO team with experts from AXIOM and Spacex. So it has been postponed to send the launch of Axiom 04 to the ISS for ISS for the first Indian Gaganyari for 11 June 2025.
History in making: Shubhanshu Shukla to visit ISS to become Indian first
When the mission occurs, Shubhanshu Shukla will have the distinction of being the first Indian in the history to visit ISS and second Indian in space after a visit to astronaut Rakesh Sharma in the USSR’s Soyuz T -11 mission in 1984.
In particular, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel in space under the Soviet Intercosmos program.
Now, 41 years later, Shubhanshu Shukla will be part of a four-member crew, including US commander Pegi Whitson, Mission expert Sylawosz Uznański-Wiśnieski’s Poland of Poland and Hungary Mission expert Tibor Kapu. The team will spend 14 days in ISS.
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