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Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Topic: SpaceX

New batch of live specimens meant to fly to space on Axiom-4 to be sent after final launch date is set

Some specimens that are part of India’s experiments on ISS are time-sensitive & have shelf life of just about a week. Indefinite delay in launch hampers viability of experiments.

Axiom Mission 4 launch postponed again, new date to be announced soon

Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission postponed till 22 June

Axiom-4 mission carrying India’s Shubhanshu Shukla now eyes 19 June lift-off

Axiom-4 mission carrying India's Shubhanshu Shukla now eyes 19 June lift-off

Elon Musk raises concerns over ISS safety, urges de-orbiting within 2 years

Elon Musk raises concerns over ISS safety, urges de-orbiting within 2 years

Axiom-4 mission delayed again, SpaceX detects leak in Falcon-9 rocket

The mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla & 3 others to ISS has been postponed for 2nd time. A new launch date is yet to be announced.

What is ‘wicked smart’ Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s role in Axiom-4 mission

The 39-year-old is the pilot for the upcoming Axiom-4 Mission to the ISS. Over the last few months, Shukla has been trained on the Crew Dragon capsule’s manual control systems.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, 2 partners are frontrunners to develop Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield

Musk’s rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of the Golden Dome.

SpaceX launches private astronauts in novel polar-orbiting mission

Maltese investor Chun Wang, a Chinese-born magnate who founded a bitcoin mining company, is the bankroller & commander of the SpaceX mission, named Fram2.

After 9 months, Sunita Willaims, Butch Wilmore & crew get ready to leave ISS as NASA goes live

The 4-member crew is scheduled to travel back to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Next stop: Earth. Astronauts Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore’s return date announced by NASA

Williams and Wilmore are scheduled to travel back to Earth alongside Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.