India’s Shubhanshu Shukla has flown from the Kennedy Space Center for the Axiom-4 mission. He sent a message to the country as soon as he reached space. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also given a special message for Shubhansu. He has congratulated all astronauts through social media. Meanwhile, the PM also mentioned Shubhanshu.
Prime Minister Modi said in a post, “We welcome the successful projection of space mission about the astronauts of India, Hungary, Poland and the United States.” Indian astronaut group captain Shubhanshu Shukla is going to become the first Indian to go to the international space station. They have taken with the wishes, hopes and aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians. Wishing all astronauts for success with them.
It may be recalled that the Indian Air Force’s group captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has departed for the international space station under the Axiom-4 mission. The Axiom-4 mission was launched at Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center in NASA in Florida. Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts have gone on a space station journey as part of the mission of the Axiom space.
NASA shared information about the mission
After a successful launch, US space agency NASA updated social media. NASA wrote on the ‘X’, “We … Axiom Mission 4. X-4 Mission flew from June 25 at 2:31 am (Indian time, 12:01 pm) from the launch complex 39A, with four private astronauts gone to space for up to 14 days.”
