Shubhanshu Shukla reaches International Space Station as Dragon spacecraft docks successfully

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Marking a major milestone for India’s space ambitions, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Thursday.

The spacecraft achieved a smooth docking—known as a soft capture—with the ISS on Thursday, the PTI reported. The journey onboard the SpaceX Dragon began a day earlier from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Shukla is part of a four-member crew on the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private astronaut flight arranged by Axiom Space. This mission is particularly significant as it brings astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary to the ISS for the first time in over four decades.

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