Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force has been honoured as Man of the Year by The Week for his role as mission pilot of Axiom-4, marking a milestone in India’s human spaceflight journey.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is set to return to Earth after successfully completing an 18-day mission under the Axiom-4 (AX-4) private spaceflight.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday shared an update on the Axiom-4 International Space Station (ISS) Mission and said that the astronauts are expected to splash down on Earth on July 15 at 3:00 p.m. (Indian time).
These studies, he noted, will be crucial for planning future long-duration space missions.
