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Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will create history in space, fly to space under AX-4 mission
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2025 under Axium Mission 4 (Ax-4). He will be the second Indian after Rakesh Sharma to go on a space trip. Shukla has also been selected for the Gaganyaan mission. India has also appointed Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair as a backup astronaut for the Axium mission.
Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will become the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS). He will be traveling in May 2025. This is to be done under Axium Mission 4 (Axium Space), during which Shukla will be part of one of the private space missions organized by Axium Space.
Shubhanshu Shukla's trip to space is a significant milestone in the Indian space expedition. He has also been picked to fly on the Indian Space Agency ISRO's "Gaganyaan" mission. Gaganyaan Mission is India's first manned space mission in which one to three astronauts will go on to low Earth orbit. Shukla's Axium Mission 4 trip will be an invaluable experience prior to the Gaganyaan mission.
Apart from Shukla, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will also be a part of this mission as the mission commander and Poland's Slavoj Uznanski-Wisniewski and Hungary's Tibor Kapu will also be a part of this mission.
