Axiom-4 crew docks: Shubhanshu Shukla becomes first Indian to enter International Space Station | India News – Times of India

Axiom-4 crew docks: Shubhanshu Shukla becomes first Indian to enter International Space Station | India News – Times of India

The Dragon capsule carrying the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew — Grace — cruised silently through space, its nose cone open and docking sensors primed, and eventually docked with the International Space Station Thursday — marking the first time an Indian has entered the orbiting lab. Soft docking was achieved around 4.02pm IST, and overall docking procedure…

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India’s time in space: Axiom-4 finally takes off; Shubhanshu Shukla becomes first Indian to cross ‘Karman line’ | India News – Times of India

India’s time in space: Axiom-4 finally takes off; Shubhanshu Shukla becomes first Indian to cross ‘Karman line’ | India News – Times of India

As night enveloped Cape Canaveral, India entered a new dawn when the Falcon-9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2.31am ET (12.01pm IST). In the pilot seat of ‘Dragon’, the Axiom-4 space capsule that would take a four-member crew to the International Space Station on Thursday, was India’s Group Captain…

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