Pilot Shukla is sharing the capsule with four other astronauts as part of a mission by Axiom Space will contribute to microgravity research in areas including human physiology, nutrition, and seed germination in space.

India celebrated its return to human spaceflight as Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian astronaut to reach the ISS, 41 years after Rakesh Sharma. The Axiom-4 mission, launched from Florida, aims to inspire innovation and rekindle national pride in space exploration.

India, Poland, and Hungary have launched astronauts into space for the first time in over 40 years, marking a historic return to human spaceflight. The Axiom-4 mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center,