Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom 4 mission to launch today: Full timeline, livestreaming of spaceflight here

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Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom 4 mission launch: The four-member crew will travel to the International Space Station on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Chekc timeline of the spaceflight from laucnh to arrival at ISS here.

The Axiom-4 crew, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary, Commander Peggy Whitson of the U.S., and Mission Specialist Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, react as they greet their family members before their mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., June 24, 2025.(REUTERS)

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will fly to space on Wednesday with three other astronauts as part of the SpaceX-Axiom-4 mission.

The crew — comprising Peggy Whitson, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, Tibor Kapu of Hungary and Shubhanshu Shukla of India — will travel to the International Space Station on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. They will launch on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Florida.

The crew will likely reach the ISS around 7 am EDT on Thursday, June 26.

For ISRO astronaut and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, this Axiom mission lays the groundwork for India's space roadmap to land an Indian on the Moon by 2040.

Here's a timeline of the Axiom-4 mission as shared by NASA:

Wednesday, June 25

12:30 am EDT – Axiom Space and SpaceX launch coverage begins. Live coverage of launch and arrival activities of the crew will stream on NASA+ and in social media platforms of Axiom Space and NASA.

1:40 am EDT– NASA joins the launch coverage on NASA+.

2:31 am EDT (12.01 IST): Axiom space mission launches

NASA will end coverage following orbital insertion, which is approximately 15 minutes after launch.

Thursday, June 26

5 am EDT (2:30 pm IST) – Arrival coverage begins on NASA+, Axiom Space, and SpaceX channels.

7 am EDT (4:30 pm IST) – Targeted docking to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module.

Arrival coverage will continue through hatch opening and welcome remarks.

All times are estimates and could be adjusted based on real-time operations after launch. Follow the space station blog for the most up-to-date operations information.

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