Axiom 4 Launch | India's Shubanshu Shukla, 3 Other Astronauts, Successfully Blast Off To Space Station

After several delays, SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft with the Crew Dragon capsule and four astronauts-- including India's Shubhanshu Shukla-- lifted off on Wednesday. Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, is scheduled to launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 2:31 am (6:31 am GMT). India's Shubhanshu Shukla is travelling to the International Space Station on an American commercial mission with three other astronauts, carrying the dreams of 1.4 billion Indians to send a second 'Gaganyatri' to space after a gap of over 40 years. Shukla, who is the mission pilot, is India's second astronaut going into space -- four decades after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma made history in 1984. The 39-year-old fighter pilot was chosen by ISRO as the prime astronaut for this historic flight. 

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