With over 20 days and more than 60 experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew, including Shubhanshu Shukla, which returned to Earth Tuesday, will enter a week-long rehabilitation programme.The crew, which has completed initial medical evaluations, will go through the extensive rehab programme, following which mission debriefs and other procedures will…
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission are expected to undock from the International Space Station (ISS), where they have spent more than 14 days already, on July 14. “We’re working with the station programme, watching the Axiom-4 progress carefully. I think we need to undock that mission, and…
As the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission marks two weeks aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the four-member crew — Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu “Shux” Shukla, and mission specialists Slawosz “Suave” Uznanski and Tibor Kapu — remain focused on scientific work, technology demonstrations and health monitoring studies.All four crew members have been in good health throughout…
Several days into their mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the four Axiom-4 (Ax-4) astronauts, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), are being closely monitored not just for scientific output, but for their own physiological adaptation to life in microgravity.Behind the scenes, a team led by Axiom Space flight surgeons is ensuring that every…
From left to right: Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland (ESA), former Nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla of ISRO (India), and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. (Image: PTI) TITUSVILLE: As SpaceX prepares for the Ax-4 mission on the revised launch date of June 11, launch weather remains a key variable with all partners — Axiom Space, SpaceX…
Ax-4, piloted by Shubhanshu Shukla, has a research complement of around 60 scientific studies. BENGALURU: Axiom Space late Wednesday said that the launch of its Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS), which will be piloted by India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, will be scheduled for 9.11am (Eastern Time) — around 6.40pm IST,…
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who has been tasked with the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission, has just finished a crucial part of his space training, which involved altitude exercises. These simulations, meant to mimic the low-pressure environment of space, are necessary to prepare astronauts to work in extreme conditions and perform under pressure. The training…
Source: X (formerly Twitter) Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla will go aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as the first one, with his flight scheduled as early as May 2025. NASA announced this in an official public announcement regarding the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), in which Shukla is a member of a private astronaut mission led…