Axiom Indian Astronaut Subhanshu Shukla Set To Embark On Axiom-4 Mission To ISS

On June 11, Shubhanshu Shukla, the 39-year-old Air Force Group Captain, will be one of four astronauts on the two-week Indo-US Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) mission. India is poised to make a historic return to space as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force pilot and astronaut, will take off as a part of Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission. He, along with three other astronauts, will leave from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA) on June 10 (IST 5.52pm) to the International Space Station (ISS) that they will dock in 28 hours (on June 11). For his family back in Lucknow, it’s a matter of both pride and anxiety. his family is praying for a successful mission, as it will make him the second Indian astronaut to pilot a spaceflight since Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 mission.