India has created a new history in the field of space science. After 40 years, an Indian has stepped into space. On Thursday evening, Spacecroft of Indian Air Force pilot Shubhanshu Shukla successfully entered the International Space Station (ISS). In this way, Shubhanshu has become the first Indian to step into ISS. Earlier in 1984, Rakesh Sharma had spent eight days at the Salayut-7 space station of the Soviet Union.
Apart from Indian astronaut Shubhanshu, astronauts from Poland and Hungary have also entered the ISS after more than 40 years. The visit took place under a chartered mission run by the US private space company SpaceX.
This mission is part of Axiom-4, which is organized by Axiom Space in Houston. Scientific experiments will be done on ISS for 14 days in this campaign.
Warm welcome to ISS
Shubhanshu Shukla and his team were warmly welcomed at the ISS after a 28 -hour flight. He was welcomed by seven astronauts living at this time in ISS. These include three from NASA and one from Japan and three are Russian astronauts.
India’s second son in space after Rakesh Sharma
Shubhanshu Shukla, 39, has become the second Indian to reach space. Earlier in 1984, Rakesh Sharma had spent eight days at the Salayut-7 space station of the Soviet Union.
Shubhanshu sent a message from space
Shubhanshu sent a message from space before reaching the ISS. He described himself as “learning to live again like an infant” in microgravity and called the swim experience “amazing”.
AXIOM-4 Mission
This mission is commanded by Pegi Whitson. He is a former NASA astronaut and now director of human space flight in Axiom Space. Other members include Shubhanshu Shukla (India), Slavosh Ujnanski-Vishnevski (Poland) and Tibor Kapu (Hungary). This is the first human space trip for the three countries India, Poland and Hungary four decades later and their first mission till ISS.
