Good luck! Shubhamshu Shukla at the International Space Station; Dragon spacecraft docked

 

 

Florida: Historic moment! Air Force Group Captain Shubhamshu Shukla became the first Indian to reach the International Space Station. The Grace Crew Dragon spacecraft of the Axiom 4 mission carrying four people including Shubhamshu Shukla has docked at the International Space Station (ISS). The team will enter the station soon after completing the procedures. The Dragon spacecraft docked at the ISS after 4 pm today. The Axiom 4 mission crew members were welcomed to the NASA station.

A historic journey that started yesterday

Four people including Shubhamshu Shukla left for the International Space Station yesterday on the Axiom 4 mission. Their journey was on SpaceX's 'Grace' Crew Dragon spacecraft. The other members of the Axiom 4 mission team are veteran American astronaut Peggy Whitson, Polish native Sławos Usnanski, and Hungarian Tibor Kapu. Peggy was the mission commander. The mission pilot leading the mission was Shubhamshu Shukla

Shubhamshu Shukla makes history

By becoming part of the Axiom 4 mission, Shubhamshu Shukla became the second Indian to go into space after Rakesh Sharma. Shubhamshu Shukla's journey comes 41 years after Rakesh Sharma's historic spacewalk in 1984 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. But Rakesh Sharma's journey was not to the International Space Station. Therefore, after the Dragon spacecraft docked, Shubhamshu Shukla became the first Indian to reach the ISS. The 'Grace' spacecraft reached the International Space Station after completing a 28-hour journey after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.