Shubhanshu Shukla, three others arrive at International Space Station

Axiom Space, Shubhanshu Shukla, ISRO, NASA

New Delhi: Indian’s Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts Thursday reached the International Space Station as the Dragon spacecraft docked with the orbital laboratory.

The spacecraft, named Grace, achieved a soft capture with the space station at 4:01 pm IST over the North Atlantic Ocean.

This is the first time an Indian astronaut has travelled to the International Space Station.

A live videolink from NASA showed the spacecraft approaching the space station and the docking sequence was completed at 4:15 pm IST.

The astronauts, part of the Axiom-4 mission, embarked on the journey to the space station Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

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