Axiom Mission 4 postponed again, this time due to glitch in ISS
The Hindu
Postponement of Axiom Mission 4 provides additional time for NASA and Roscosmos to evaluate the situation and determine whether any additional troubleshooting is necessary.
Bengaluru
The launch of Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has once again been postponed, this time due to a glitch in the ISS.
NASA said that it, along with Axiom Space, is postponing the launch of Axiom Mission 4 to the ISS.
As part of an ongoing investigation, NASA is working with Russia’s space agency Roscosmos to understand a new pressure signature, after the recent post-repair effort in the aft most segment of the ISS’s Zvezda service module.
According to NASA, “Cosmonauts aboard the space station recently performed inspections of the pressurized module’s interior surfaces, sealed some additional areas of interest, and measured the current leak rate. Following this effort, the segment now is holding pressure.”
Postponement of Axiom Mission 4 provides additional time for NASA and Roscosmos to evaluate the situation and determine whether any additional troubleshooting is necessary.
NASA deferred to Roscosmos to answer specific questions about the Zvezda module. A new launch date for the fourth private astronaut mission is yet to be decided.
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