File photo: PM Modi interacting with Shubhanshu Shukla NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended a hearty welcome to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on his return to Earth after a successful 18-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), saying “as India’s first astronaut to have visited ISS, Shukla has inspired a billion…
Several days into their mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the four Axiom-4 (Ax-4) astronauts, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), are being closely monitored not just for scientific output, but for their own physiological adaptation to life in microgravity.Behind the scenes, a team led by Axiom Space flight surgeons is ensuring that every…
“Yun Hi Chala Chal Raahi, Kitni Haseen Hai Yeh Duniya…” That philosophical road song from Shahrukh Khan-starrer ‘Swades’ is what Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla listened to before heading to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the lift-off on Wednesday.There is an old tradition at Nasa that when astronauts say goodbye to their…
SRK’s Swades song ‘Yuh Hi Chala Chal’ in Axiom-4 Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s launch day playlist As the countdown ended at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre and the Axiom Mission 4 crew rocketed toward the International Space Station early Wednesday morning, one song echoed in the mind of Indian pilot Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, “Yuh Hi…
Ax-4, piloted by Shubhanshu Shukla, has a research complement of around 60 scientific studies. BENGALURU: Axiom Space late Wednesday said that the launch of its Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS), which will be piloted by India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, will be scheduled for 9.11am (Eastern Time) — around 6.40pm IST,…
(Drop cap) India’s dream of sending its first astronaut to the world’s biggest space station will soon be realised as IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will fly to the International Space Station on May 29 at 1.03 pm Eastern Time Zone (10.33pm IST), Axiom Space announced on Tuesday.According to Nasa, Group Capt Shukla, who was…