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2025 CE · science technology

Shubhanshu Shukla Reaches the International Space Station

Indian Air Force Group Captain and ISRO Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla launched as pilot of Axiom Mission 4 on 25 June 2025 and entered the International Space Station on 26 June. He became the first Indian to visit the ISS and the first Indian to travel to space since Rakesh Sharma in 1984, while conducting a programme of Indian microgravity experiments during the mission.

Axiom Mission 4 crew inside the International Space Station shortly after docking on 26 June 2025, including Shubhanshu Shukla
NASA photograph taken inside the ISS shortly after Ax-4 docking on 26 June 2025. Shubhanshu Shukla is one of the four dark-suited Ax-4 crew members pictured. · Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center · License: Public domain (NASA)

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Sources and further reading

  1. ISRO — Successful Launch of Axiom Mission 4 with Shubhanshu Shukla onboard
  2. ISRO — Axiom-4 Mission successfully concluded with return of Shubhanshu Shukla

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