Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to return to Earth today after completing an 18-day mission aboard the ISS, marking a historic moment under Axiom Space’s Ax-4 program.
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to return to Earth from the ISS on July 14 aboard SpaceX’s Dragon. During his 14-day mission, he conducted India-specific experiments and became the first Indian on the ISS, furthering Gaganyaan goals
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla studied bone loss, radiation, and tardigrades aboard the ISS during the Axiom-4 mission. His experiments aim to improve space health and treat diseases like osteoporosis and muscle loss on Earth, while testing life-supporting organisms in space
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 crew will conduct a pioneering study on glucose and insulin in microgravity. This could unlock advanced wearable tech and AI models to revolutionize diabetes care for astronauts and patients with limited mobility on Eart
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will fly to the International Space Station on June 19 aboard Axiom Space’s Ax-04 mission. He will conduct crucial biotech experiments in space, marking a major milestone as India’s first astronaut to reach the ISS.
Serving as the mission pilot of the Axiom-4 commercial mission to ISS, he will be joined by mission commander Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Tibor Kapu from Hungary and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland. The mission marks India's return to space after 41 years since Rakesh Sharma's historic spaceflight onboard Russia's Soyuz mission in 1984
The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) lifted off at 5:37 p.m. EDT on Sunday (3:07 a.m. Monday IST) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
