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IAF group captain Shubanshu Shukla will pilot Axiom Mission 4.
The launch is scheduled from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 May.
Shri Shukla will be with three astronauts.
New Delhi:
The Indian Air Force (IAF) group captain Shubhinu Shukla will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 29, Axiom Space Inc on Tuesday announced, as he is ready to become the first Indian to do so.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Shri Shukla, a private astronaut mission, will pilot a private astronaut mission to a private astronaut mission in a spacex dragon spacecraft. He will be accompanied by Pengi Whitson, former NASA astronaut and mission commander, Slavose Uznanski-Viznivski’s Poland and Hungary to Tibor Kapu.
The mission, which is being jointly being carried out by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Axiom Space Inc. said in a post on X, “Mark your calendar.
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# AX4 The crew will be launched from Florida at the International Space Station on May 29 at 1:03 pm. https://t.co/fyrkwzepkk– Axiom space (@Axiom_space) 29 April, 2025
Once do the dock, astronauts are scheduled to spend for 14 days aboard the parikrama laboratory, which operates a mission including science, outreach and commercial activities.
The group Captain Shukla will serve as a astronaut nominated and mission pilot.
In a special interview before NDTV, Minister of State (MOS) for Science and Technology (MOS) Jitendra Singh said that Mr. Shukla will “focus on”Space Technology, Space Bio-Manuf“During the fortnight-long space mission.
Mr. Shukla will “fictionally as an astronaut for the space station”, the Chairman of ISRO, Dr. V. Narayanan NDTV was told earlierIncidentally, ISRO AX-4 is using the flight as an opportunity to master the human space flight as part of the preparation of Gaganyan and Bhariatiya Antariksha station missions.
Shukla’s journey into space comes after Rakesh Sharma’s prestigious spaceflight after the Soyuz spacecraft of Russia. Uznoski, European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut, will be the second Polish astronaut since 1978. Kapu will be the second National Hungarian Astronaut since 1980. Whitson will command its second commercial human spaceflight mission, which will add its permanent record for the longest cumulative time in space by an American astronaut.
India has also chosen the group captain Prasant Balakrishnan Nair as a designated astronaut, which will become part of the X -4. Shri Shukla should be unable to fly.
