
The Axiom-4 mission has taken the Indian Air Force and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla into space. The plane has already taken off at 12:01 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25. He accompanied mission specialists Tibor Kapu (Hungary) and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland), as well as retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Additionally, he conveys the notion that it is a fantastic journey and that it is amazing for us Indians to have traveled after 41 years. In the same way that earlier missions inspired him as a child, he said he hoped this mission will inspire enthusiasm in space exploration among the next generation.