January 30, 2025 8:41 PM

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to pilot Axiom-4 mission to International Space Station

ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Shubhanshu Shukla will serve as the pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), which is set to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than spring 2025, the US space agency announced on Thursday. Shukla will make history as the first Indian astronaut to visit the orbiting laboratory aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. A serving officer in the IAF, he has also been selected as an astronaut for ...