When will Shubhanshu Shukla go to space Mission is getting delayed says Nasa

Axiom Space Mission: When will India’s Shubhanshu Shukla fly to space? This question is in everyone’s mind. No official information has been given by the Indian government on this, but the post of American space agency NASA has informed about the launch of the mission next year. It is reported that due to the necessary interagency approval process, the next astronaut mission of Axiom Space will be launched with a delay of several months.

The mission named Ax-4 was targeted to be launched before October this year. NASA officials said on social media platform X on Friday that this mission will not launch before the spring of 2025 (March-April).

Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth private astronaut mission to the @Space_Stationnow is targeted to launch no earlier than Spring 2025 from @NASAKennedy in Florida.

The Ax-4 crew members are pending approval to fly to the orbiting lab by the Multilateral Crew Operations…

— NASA Space Operations (@NASASpaceOps) August 9, 2024

In the post, NASA wrote that the crew of Ax-4 is yet to get approval to fly. This approval is to be given from the Multilateral Crew Operational Panel. This approval is required for all astronauts reaching the International Space Station (ISS). At present Axiom Space has not said anything about this. However, all the astronauts have started training in Houston, America.

According to a report, former NASA astronaut ‘Peggy Whitson’ will be the commander of the mission. Apart from them, three international astronauts have been made part of the mission. These include India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, European Space Agency (ESA) Polish mission expert Sławosz Uznański and Hungarian mission expert Tibor Kapu. This will be the first time a Polish astronaut will go to space in 40 years.

Who is Shubhanshu Shukla?

Shubhanshu Shukla is a resident of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has been a student of National Defense Academy. In the year 2006, he was appointed in the combat wing of the Air Force. He has more than 2 thousand hours of flying experience. Now he will represent India in space.