Journalism of Courage
Premium

India’s Shubhanshu Shukla set to travel to International Space Station on May 29

The Ax-4 crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the space station and spend up to 14 days at the orbiting laboratory.

shubhanshu shukla spaceShukla's travel to space comes four decades after Rakesh Sharma's iconic spaceflight onboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. (Photo: X/@ISROSpaceflight)
Advertisement

Axiom Space will launch its fourth mission to the International Space Station, carrying Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and three others, from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on May 29.

The announcement was made by the Axiom Space at a virtual press conference on Tuesday.

Shukla’s travel to space comes four decades after Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spaceflight onboard Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.

Besides Shukla, the Ax-4 crew includes members from Poland and Hungary, marking each nation’s first mission to the International Space Station in history and the second government-sponsored human spaceflight mission in over 40 years.

Slawosz Uznanski, European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut, will be the second Polish astronaut since 1978.

Tibor Kapu will be the second national Hungarian astronaut since 1980.

Peggy Whitson will command her second commercial human spaceflight mission, adding to her standing record for the longest cumulative time in space by an American astronaut.

Story continues below this ad

The Ax-4 crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the space station and spend up to 14 days at the orbiting laboratory.

From the homepage

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram

Tags:
  • International Space Station
Edition
Install the Express App for
a better experience
Featured
Trending Topics
News
Multimedia
Follow Us
Express InvestigationRamdev aide Balkrishna gets Uttarakhand tourism project, for which 3 firms bid — all controlled by Balkrishna
X