Axiom-4 Mission Blasts Off: 2nd Indian Heads To Space
Tears in her eyes, prayers on her lips, a distraught Asha Shukla stared unblinkingly at a large screen as the Axiom-4 spacecraft headed to the International Space Station with her son, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (39). Seated beside her, the Indian Air Force pilot's father, Shambhu Dayal Shukla, smiled with excitement.
Minutes later, after the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a visibly relieved Asha Shukla smiled as she told the media that she wishes the best for her son, who is now the second Indian to go to space.
