Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:20am on 25 Jun 2025,Wednesday Science
India's space ambitions take flight as first visuals show Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla seated inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, set to launch at 12:01 PM IST today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The 39-year-old IAF pilot will become India’s second astronaut in space after Rakesh Sharma. He joins Peggy Whitson (USA), Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary) on the 14-day Axiom-4 mission, conducting 60 scientific experiments, including 7 from India. “I carry the hopes and dreams of a billion hearts,” Shukla said. The launch marks a milestone in Indo-US space ties and commercial space exploration. (PC: NDTV)
