Mission marks progress in India’s programme to become the fourth country to independently carry out human space flights.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become only the second Indian to travel to space.

NEW DELHI: India celebrated on Wednesday the launch of the Axiom-4 mission, which has taken off to the International Space Station with a crew including the first Indian astronaut…

Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla is the first Indian in space since Rakesh Sharma, who took part in a Soviet-led initiative in 1984.

Shubhanshu Shukla becomes the first Indian on ISS as the mission docks with the orbiting laboratory.

Mission marks progress in India’s programme to become the fourth country to independently carry out human space flights.