Historic Axiom-4 Mission Lifts Off with International Crew
The Axiom-4 mission, featuring Indian pilot Subhanshu Shukla, lifts off for the International Space Station. This mission signifies the return to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary after over 40 years. The crew travels aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, marking a historic collaboration of the three nations.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced that the Axiom-4 mission, featuring a private spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS), is set to launch today at 12:01 pm IST, piloted by Indian Air Force Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla.
The mission is aiming for a launch window of 2:31 a.m. EDT or 12 noon IST from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The crew will travel aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, launched by a Falcon 9 rocket, and is expected to dock with the ISS by 7 am EDT Thursday or 4 pm IST.
The four-member team, led by Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut, includes ESA's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. Notably, Ax-4 marks the first government-sponsored human spaceflight for these countries in over 40 years and the first mission aboard the ISS for all three nations.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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