Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is an Indian Air Force test pilot and one of the four astronaut candidates who will fly to space as part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. [2] [3] In August 2024, Shukla was announced as the pilot of Axiom Mission 4, a private mission to the International Space Station scheduled for spring 2025.

22 hours ago · Shubhanshu Shukla is set to make history as the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). Nearly four decades after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 mission, he will become India’s second astronaut to venture into space. The commercial mission will be led by former Nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson, Axiom Space’s director of human spaceflight, with Shukla ...

1 day ago · Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is poised to create history as the inaugural Indian astronaut to embark on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He has been chosen as the pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a privately funded spaceflight set to launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule no earlier than the spring of 2025. Shukla, an esteemed pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF), will be ...

21 hours ago · Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is poised to become the first Indian astronaut to journey to the International Space Station (ISS) on a private mission. Shukla will board a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a milestone in the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a joint venture between Nasa and Isro. ...

19 hours ago · Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to become the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). He has been picked to pilot the upcoming Axiom Mission 4, which is being organised in collaboration between private US space company Axiom Space and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1 day ago · Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will be the pilot of the upcoming Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA and its international partners announced on ...

1 day ago · The mission, which will depart from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, will make Shubhanshu Shukla the first Indian astronaut to travel to the ISS on a private mission. Addressing a webinar on Thursday, Shukla said he was “really excited to go into microgravity" as the pilot for the Axiom Mission 4 to ...

23 hours ago · Born on October 10, 1985, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Shubhanshu Shukla is an Indian astronaut and a candidate for India's historic Gaganyaan mission, which will send the country's first astronauts ...

1 day ago · Just a few months away from becoming the second Indian to travel to space — the first in 40 years — Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday said he was embarking on a journey on behalf of 1.4 billion people of India, and wanted each one of them to share his experience.. Speaking at an online press conference of the Axiom 4 mission from the United States, Shukla (40), who is one of the ...

Aug 3, 2024 · Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has been named as the prime astronaut. Shukla will be part of the upcoming ISS mission along with Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, who has been named as the backup.