Axiom‑4 Launch, Monsoon Mayhem & “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas”: India’s Pulse on June 25, 2025

Axiom-4 Mission Live Updates: After multiple delays and postponements, the Axiom-4 mission carrying India's Shubhanshu Shukla is set for lift off. SpaceX has given an "all clear" signal and with the final weather checks underway, the Ax-4 mission is expected to take off shortly. As per NASA, the launch of the private space mission is set to take place around 2:31am EDT - 12:01 PM IST. The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Axiom-4 mission marks the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The crew will travel on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the Falcon 9 rocket.

The crew for the mission includes - US' Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, will command the commercial mission. ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and HUNOR (Hungarian to Orbit) astronaut Tibor Kapu of Hungary will serve as the mission specialists. ISRO's Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as the pilot.

Axiom-4 Mission launch | Key updates

• NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space are targeting a launch at 2:31 am. The mission launch will be livestreamed across the globe on online platform.

• SpaceX has given an all clear and stated they are ready for the launch of the mission. The weather conditions are 90 percent favourable for launch.

• The crew is seated in the Dragon spacecraft and are all set to launch.

• With the Ax-4 mission, Shubhanshu Shukla will become the second Indian man to go into space after 40 years and the first to visit the International Space Station.