Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla made history on Wednesday as part of the Axiom-4 mission to the ISS, marking India's return to space after 41 years. Shukl

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.

Axiom Space has assembled the crew in partnership with NASA, ISRO, and the European Space Agency. It includes spaceflight veteran Peggy Whitson from the United States, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland, Tibor Kapu from Hungary, and Shubhanshu Shukla himself.