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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla may be astronaut number 634, but he is far from the only Indian drawing value from the Axiom-4 mission. While Shukla orbits Earth aboard the International Space Station, a contingent of Isro engineers and doctors stationed in Houston is immersed in a parallel mission — one rooted not in weightlessness, but…
BENGALURU: He was the kind of cadet who didn’t just learn to fly — he belonged in the sky. Years before Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian to board the International Space Station (ISS), he was already turning heads in the cockpit of a Super Dimona aircraft at the National Defence Academy (NDA)….
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Just before he climbed into the Tesla that would ferry him to the launchpad in Florida’s predawn darkness on June 25, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla had a brief moment with his wife. “How’s the josh?” she asked, echoing a line immortalised in Indian cinema. “High,” replied Shux.“We are a bit filmy that way,” Kamna told…
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft — the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace — successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 16.01 while orbiting above the…
LUCKNOW: The family members of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) pilot and Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Thursday evening.Shukla’s father Shambhu Dayal Shukla, mother Asha Shukla, sister Shuchi Mishra, and brother met the Chief Minister, who felicitated them and presented them with a token…
NEW DELHI: The International Space Station welcomed its first Indian aboard with Shubhanshu Shukla floating out among hugs and cheers.The recently launched spacecraft, Grace, the fifth in the Dragon series, successfully performed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 16.01 IST while passing over the North Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.Shukla has become the…
NEW DELHI: The moment Axiom Mission 4 successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, the Shukla household in Lucknow erupted with emotion. Asha Shukla, mother of IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, folded her hands in silent prayer as her eyes welled up with tears while watching the live telecast. Beside her, his…
Screengrab from video. NEW DELHI: The Axiom-4 crew, including India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set to become the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), shared a new message from space.The crew informed that they were flying over Europe and also gave a glimpse of Earth from space. “Namaskar from Space,” Shukla greeted…
As night enveloped Cape Canaveral, India entered a new dawn when the Falcon-9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2.31am ET (12.01pm IST). In the pilot seat of ‘Dragon’, the Axiom-4 space capsule that would take a four-member crew to the International Space Station on Thursday, was India’s Group Captain…
