“Privilege To Be Among The Few …,” Says Shubhanshu Shukla As He Becomes First Indian To Reach ISS | India News

Indian Air Force Group captain Shubhanshu Shukla said that it is a privilege to join a few elite people who saw the planet from space on Thursday.

“When I entered the international space station and when I met this crew, welcome to your doors like your home doors.

Shukla said he was looking forward to an exciting two -week scientific cooperation and discovery at the International Space Station.

“I think this is great, this is great, and I am very sure that the next 14 days will be incredible, that it will advance science and research and will work together.”

In the early hours today, the Captain of the Indian Air Force Group Shubhanshu Shukla and three Axiom Mission 4 (AX-4) crew members officially entered the International Space Station (ISS).

Group captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s visit to the International Space Station, which follows the footprints of Cosmonaut Raqesh Sharma, who made his historical flight in 1984, marked him as the second Indian traveling to space. The task is of particular importance because Shukla is the first Indian to visit ISS, and the first Indian to serve as a commercial alien in operational Crew.

Axiom-4 task team, together with SHUKL, the US commander Peggy Whitson is a senior NASA astronaut; Slavoj Uznański-Wisniewski is the only second pole who has participated in a space mission since 1978; And the second Hungarian astronaut traveling into space after a 45 -year gap Tibor Kapu. The international crew was launched on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Axiom Space Mission 4 is a common mission under the leadership of NASA, Axiom Space, SpaceX, Isro and European Space Agency (ESA).