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.

The Ax-4 mission is using Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX for the trip to the ISS, the world’s largest private space company

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is poised to make history as the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station on June 11. As pa

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,

When asked if there was a launch window for the AX-4 mission, Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA said that there are launch opportunities till June 30.

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,