It is believed that "Joy" is the first swan to be used as a zero-g indicator. Northrop Grumman, an aerospace company that resupplies the space station for NASA, had swan dolls made in reference to its Cygnus series of cargo vehicles, but they were not used for the same purpose.

This is the fourth time that the Axiom-4 mission stands delayed. Earlier, it was postponed to June 11 amid unfavourable weather conditions.

Mumbai: The school in which Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla studied is celebrating for over a week his record-breaking mission through “Vyomotsav” – a festival celebrating dreams, science, and art. Shubhanshu passed out from City Montessori School,

The crew for the Axiom-4 comprises four astronauts - US’ Peggy Whitson, India’s Shubanshu Shukla, Poland’s Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu.

NASA is set to launch Axiom Mission 4, piloted by Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla. What is the mission all about? Why is a seat for Shukla on Axiom-4 a big moment for India’s space programme? Here's what you must know.

Peggy Whitson, the legendary former NASA astronaut, is commanding Axiom Mission 4—her fifth spaceflight and Axiom Space’s fourth launch to the International Space Station. Scheduled to lift off no earlier than June 10 from Kennedy Space Center,