JOURNEY OF SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA : AN INDIAN DREAM COMES TRUE
JOURNEY OF SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA : AN INDIAN DREAM COMES TRUE Nikunja Bihari Sahu In a significant space achievement, the Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla created history by flying to space as part of the Axiom 4 mission aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 spacecraft. After several previous reschedules due to weather and technical problems, the rocket finally cleared the launch pad on 25th June 2025 at 12.01 PM IST and soared to the sky carrying Shubhandhu and other crew members to space. With this success, Shubhanshu became the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station and the second after Rakesh Sharma to be orbiting the Earth in space. It is worth noting that Rakesh Sharma travelled to space in 1984 as the first Indian astronaut on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and spent 8 days in the Salyut-7 space station. Now, after a...
