Indian astronaut-designate Shubhanshu Shukla to pilot SpaceX Dragon to ISS in May

Indian Air Force's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is poised to make history as the first Indian astronaut to journey to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. This milestone is part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), as announced by NASA in a recent update. The launch is set to take place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Serving as the astronaut designate and Mission Pilot, Shukla will be joined by former NASA astronaut and mission commander Peggy Whitson, Polish astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, and Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu.

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