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IAF fighter pilot Shubhanshu Shukla 1st Indian astronaut for Axiom Space ISS mission
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on January 30, 2025
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Airforce has been named the pilot for Axiom Mission 4 to the ISS, planned for later this year. Shukla, selected for ISRO's Gaganyaan mission, will join a team led by Peggy Whitson on this private spaceflight aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
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Indian Air Force
Aerial service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
International Space Station
Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit
Gaganyaan
Indian crewed spacecraft
ISRO
Indian national space and aeronautics agency
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