The Axiom-4 mission, with four private astronauts including Shubhanshu Shukla, launched successfully on a SpaceX Falcon 9, aiming to dock with the ISS. This marks India's return to human spaceflight after 41 years.
The Axiom-4 mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is unfolding as planned with the spacecraft steadily approaching the International Space Station (ISS). The crew is expected to dock with the ISS around 4:30 pm IST on Thursday, June 26, capping a 28-hour journey from Earth to low Earth orbit.
NASA, in a statement, noted that the mission is a significant step in expanding access to space, involving four private astronauts. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 2:31 am EDT on Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Onboard are Commander Peggy Whitson, a US NASA astronaut; pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force Group Captain and ISRO astronaut; along with ESA’s Polish project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu from the HUNOR programme.
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