"Relieved He is Safe": Shubhanshu Shukla's Sister After Axiom-4 Lift-Off | Read
Gunjan Shukla, watching her brother, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla lift off for space this morning, said it was a very emotional moment for her and the family. Watching the event live from Lucknow, she said they are now "relieved that he has completed the first two stages of his journey safely".
At noon today, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the second Indian to travel to space on the Axiom-4 mission. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft flying on a Falcon-9 rocket blasted its way through the skies from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida -- the spot from where Neil Armstrong set off for the moon in 1969.
