Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 08:07am on 09 Jun 2025,Monday Science
Indian Air Force pilot Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot Axiom Mission 4 (Ax‑4), launching aboard a SpaceX Dragon from NASA’s Kennedy LC‑39A on 10 June 2025, 8:22 am EDT, reaching ISS on 11 June (~10 pm IST). Over a 14‑day mission, Shukla and crew Peggy Whitson, Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu will conduct 60 experiments—including seven ISRO-led studies, five NASA human research projects involving Shukla, plus five NASA‑coordinated investigations. This marks the first government-backed human spaceflight in 40+ years for India, Poland, and Hungary. Expressing excitement, Shukla plans to document space experiences to share with India’s 1.4 billion people through photos and video, calling it ”the journey of 1.4 billion people.” (PC: Millennium Post & India Today)
