The Axiom-4 mission carrying Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed again, with the US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) stating that it needs additional time to continue evaluating the operations of ISS after repair work on one of its modules, Zvezda. The mission was to take off from Kennedy Space Centre on June 22 at 1:12 pm.

NASA has made the decision to stand down from a launch on Sunday, June 22, and will target a new launch date in the coming days,” Axiom Space said in a statement.

Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission delayed again, NASA to announce new date soon