Bengaluru: Axiom-4 Mission (AX-4) launched, which will take India’s captain Shubanshu Shukla and three others to space, will not be on Sunday or Monday. No new date is announced till Friday.NASA, Axiom Space and Spacex stand below the launch as the space agency requires additional time to continue evaluating the International Space Station (ISS) operations after recent repair work in AFT (BACK), which are most of the sections of the Zvezda service module of the orbital laboratory.A statement said, “Due to the interconnected and interdependent systems of the space station, NASA wants to ensure that the station is ready for additional crew members, and the agency is taking the required time to review the data.”Saying that they appreciate the historical nature of this mission for India, Poland and Hungary, the statement states that the crew lives in quarantine in Florida, and the astronauts are ready to launch when the station is ready to receive them.Originally launched for May 29, Crew Dragon Module had deferred on 8 June after detection of an issue in Electrical Harness, ISRO said earlier. After this, one day was postponed by 9 June – which was not publicly declared – and then redeemed on 10 June.The launch of June 10 was once again resolved. During the preparation of a hot fire test on 8 June, SpaceX engineers detected a liquid oxygen (LOX) leak in Falcon -9. A discrepancy was also found in one of the engine actuators, which was later replaced with its controller.Expecting a quick resolution of the Lox leak, the mission was initially reinstated to 11 June. ISRO said that it emphasized the safety of the crew in review meetings. At the end of June 10, the mission partners decided to carry forward the launch to do a test to validate the reforms made.Due to adjournment due to liquid oxygen (LOX) leaks in Falcon -9 rocket, Axiom -4 Mission launched and Sukhanshu Shukla of India proceeded due to an issue at the International Space Station (ISS) to go into space.The mission partners then announced June 19 as a possible date. And NASA, early this week stated that it continued to work with Roskosmos (Russian Space Agency), “to understand the most recent repair efforts to seal the small leaks”.NASA said the leaks located in the backward section of the Zvezda service module of the space station have been monitored by flight controllers for many years.“Recent repair efforts by Rososmos have stabilized the pressure in the transfer tunnel, although the teams are still evaluating whether the leaks have been completely sealed or if the air is flowing from the main station to the area,” said this.On 18 June, another announcement stated that the launch may be with the back-up date available on June 22 on 23 June.Currently, NASA, AXIOM or Spacex has not yet committed to a new launch date.
