During this journey, the Dragon crew vehicle, named “Grace”, will execute a series of burns to gradually raise and line up the Ax-4 crew for docking with the ISS in what is referred to as the activation and rendezvous phase of the flight

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s school hosts an event to watch the lift off live; people across Lucknow also celebrate the local boy’s space journey, with people dancing and distributing sweets

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s school hosts an event to watch the lift off live; people across Lucknow also celebrate the local boy’s space journey, with people dancing and distributing sweets

“Namaskar, my dear countrymen. What a ride! We have returned to space after a gap of 41 years and what an amazing ride it was,” Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said

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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the pilot of the Axiom Mission 4, shared his favourite song ahead of the launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Unveiling his launch day playlist, the Indian pilot revealed that he loves to ...more

Launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the mission also includes astronauts from Poland and Hungary, making it the first ISS-bound spaceflight for all three nations.

Launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Axiom Mission 4 also includes astronauts from Poland and Hungary, making it the first ISS-bound spaceflight for all three nations

The team lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule, aiming to dock with the ISS after a 28-hour journey.

Shubhanshu Shukla, in his first message from the mission, says, “This is not the start of my journey but the start of India’s human space programme.”; targeted docking time at the orbiting laboratory is approximately 7 a.m. Eastern Time (4.30 p.m. IST) on June 26

The targeted docking time at the orbiting laboratory is approximately 7 a.m. Eastern Time (4.30 p.m. IST) on June 26. The Axiom Mission 4 crew will spend up to 14 days at the ISS.

Studies include examining muscle regeneration, growth of sprouts and edible microalgae, survival of tiny aquatic organisms and human interaction with electronic displays in microgravity

 Launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off at 12:01 pm IST on June 25, with docking expected by 4:30 pm IST on June 26.

‘Candida tropicalis’, an important fungal pathogen in India and in many other parts of the world, has been found using chromosome alterations to resist common anti-fungal drugs such as fluconazole and voriconazole

The mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

From sugar plantations in Brazil to tea estates in India, crushed rock is being sprinkled across large stretches of farmland globally in a novel bid to combat climate change. The process is being used or trialled in agricultural setting ...more