Announcing a timeline for what a huge milestone will be in India’s space trip, the Center has said that Gaganatri, or astronaut-nominated, group captain Shubhinhu Shukla will fly to the International Space Station next month.
Union Minister of Space and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh said, “The International Space Mission carrying an Indian astronaut is scheduled for next month. India is set to script a defined chapter in its space trip. An Indian astronaut is set for a historical space mission because ISRO chart bold new Frontiers. India’s space dreams are prepared with Gaganan.
Group Captain Shukla, who has been training with NASA and private space company Axiom Space for the last eight months, has been flying to ISS on a private commercial mission, for which India has paid $ 60 million. The mission will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the crew of four will be seated in a spacex crew dragon capsule, which will be away from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
The group Captain is 40 years old and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chose the youngest in its astronaut names for this mission as he has a long career ahead of.
The AXIOM-4 (AX-4) mission commander will be Paigi Whitson, former astronaut of NASA, who now works for the Axiom space. The other two crew members are Slavose Uznanski of Poland, a European Space Agency Astronaut and a mission expert, and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu, who will also have the same role. The group will be the pilot of Captain Shukla Mission.
The AXIOM (4×4) crew will fly to the International Space Station next month.
Importance, experience
Minister Singh said that the mission will mark the first journey of the international space station by an Indian astronaut and would be the first astronaut from the group captain Shukla country, who will travel in space in four decades after the 1984 flight of Rakesh Sharma, a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft, a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft.
Secretary of Space Department, Dr. V. The president of Narayanan and ISRO, said that the group captain of the Indian Air Force Shubhinu Shukla is ready for the mission.
A decorated test pilot with the Indian Air Force, group captain Shukla, was shortlisted under ISRO’s Human Spaceflight Program (HSP) and is one of the top contenders for the Gaganian mission of India’s first indigenous -powered orbital flight. His journey on the AX-4 mission is expected to provide space-conducting, launch protocol, microgravity adaptation and important hands on emergency preparation-all necessary for India’s powered space ambitions.
Shubhanshu Shukla and Slavose Uznanski, review a process checklist card during training
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It has strategic significance to separate the mission of the group captain Shukla. Unlike the symbolic undertakings of India’s first human spaceflight, this time attention is on operational readiness and global integration. His participation underlines India’s growing connection with public-private international partnership in space and is a resolve to emerge as a serious contender in human space exploration.
“India is ready for its next space milestone,” Mr. Singh said, underlining the importance of the upcoming human spacecraft and a series of important ISRO missions. He said that strategic speed of projects such as cooperation with international partners and Gaganan reflects India’s commitment to become a global leader in space technology. The minister emphasized that these efforts are not only scientists in nature, but also combine with the vision of a developed and self -sufficient India.
Due to the mature of India’s space strategy, the upcoming mission of the group Captain Shukla stands as a symbol of a confidence, the forward -looking nation, which is ready to recover its place in the global space race. His journey is more than just one flight – this is an indication that India is boldly stepping in a new era of space exploration.
