The Axiom-4 mission, which marks the return to spaceflight for India, Poland & Hungary, was earlier scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Tuesday.
The 39-year-old is the pilot for the upcoming Axiom-4 Mission to the ISS. Over the last few months, Shukla has been trained on the Crew Dragon capsule’s manual control systems.
A passerby pauses in front of the poster and explains who the man in uniform is to her kids. 'It is important to teach them. Who knows, maybe one day there will be such posters of my kids,' she said.
Rakesh Sharma flew to the Soviet space station, Salyut-7, in 1984. Now, he is eager to pass the torch to Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set for the International Space Station.
Some of the dishes from this trip will also be included in the food menu for Gaganyaan, India’s first human spaceflight, which is expected to depart in 2027.
In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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