Chennaui, June 20 -- The deferred Axiom-4 mission to International Space Station piloted by decorated Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, scheduled for June 22, has been put off again to evaluate ISS operations after recent repair work in the aft (back) most segment of the orbital laboratory's Zvezda service module.

Axiom space in a latest update on Friday said the new launch date would be announced in the coming days.

The mission, initially scheduled for May 29, was deferred multiple times due to various factors including weather, LOX leak and other technical glitches.

The mission involved 14 days of docking in ISS in LEO to conduct around 60 research experiments, including seven microgravity experiments by ISRO.

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