Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:51am on 25 Jun 2025,Wednesday Science
Moments before lift-off, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla delivered a moving message during Axiom Space’s live broadcast, honoring his hero Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, India’s first astronaut. With the Indian flag beside him, Shukla said Sharma’s space journey inspired his own dreams. Expressing heartfelt gratitude to his Axiom-4 crewmates, he called them “friends for life.” Shukla is set to become the first Indian to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon. The historic Indo-US mission, “Akash Ganga,” marks a major milestone in India’s space legacy, four decades after Sharma’s iconic “Saare Jahan Se Achha” moment.
