New Delhi, June 11 (H.S.): The launch of the Axiom-4 mission, intended to send Indian astronaut Shubanshu Shukla and three others to the ISS, has been postponed once more due to a leak detected in the launch vehicle. ISRO chief Dr. V. Narayanan announced this on X, revealing that the mission was originally set for today but will now be delayed to address the issue. A seven-second hot test on the Falcon 9 rocket revealed a leak in the propulsion bay, prompting the ISRO team to collaborate with SpaceX experts to fix it and conduct verification tests. The Axiom-4 mission has faced multiple delays, initially scheduled for May 29, then June 8, and again on June 10, with yet another delay attributed to bad weather at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.

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