An Indian will pilot the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) as it launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida next week and arrives at the International Space Station (ISS). The Indian Air Force’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is one of the four members of the Ax-4’s multi-national crew who will remain aboard the ISS for two weeks.
Since Group Captain Shukla will be the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) and just the second Indian to fly to space, the journey, which is slated on June 10 at 08:22 EDT (12:22GMT; 17:52IST), has sparked a lot of curiosity in India. Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go to space on a Russian Soyuz in 1984, made the journey forty-one years prior. Peggy Whitson, a space veteran who has served as the ISS commander twice, completed ten spacewalks and spent hundreds of days in orbit, is the leader of Axe-4.
Tibor Kapu from Hungary and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland are also on the crew; like the Indian astronaut, they will return their nations to space after more than 40 years.
As the mission commander’s second-in-command, the pilot would help with spaceship operations during launch, docking, undocking, and return to Earth, according to experts, making his position crucial. At a news conference on Tuesday evening, the astronauts, who have been under quarantine since May 25 in order to be ready for the journey, showcased Joy.
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