India She celebrated another step in its mission to become a space force, after Schobango Chocolate became the first astronaut from the country to explode to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday.
Shukla was on board Axiom Space Mission 4, or AX-4, which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in NASA in Florida on the last task organized by a Texas-based startup in partnership with Elon Musk’s Rocket Venture Spacex.
It is expected that it is expected at the harmony of the station at 7 am on Thursday.
The special mission includes former NASA astronaut Beiji Whitson, as well as Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary-two other beginners of the area that will become the first of their countries to visit ISS.
Shukla, a mission pilot, and others is expected to spend about two weeks on the International Space Station, helps to do approximately 60 experiments before returning home.
NASA and Indian Space Research (ISRO) cooperates in the mission, according to a statement issued by the US Space Agency.
The Prime Minister in India Narendra Modi said that chocolate “carries with him the desires, hopes and aspirations of 1.4 billion Indian” in a post on X.
“I wish him and other astronauts all success!” books.
Shukla is the second Indian citizen to travel to space after Rakish Sharma, who flew on a Soviet missile in 1984.
Sharma wished the AX-4 crew well.
“I wish you all the best. To the crew, GodSpeed,” said in a video posted on the Internet by Press Trust of India.
“Spend the largest possible time searching for the window.”
Chocolate parents were seen swinging as they watched the direct broadcast of the explosion in the northern city of Leno.
“He is the first person, the first Indian in ISS. It is really a great moment for us, the Indians.” “It is an inspiration for me … so I want to become a great thing and to be a global contributor just like (Shukla).”
Another student, Muhammad Hamogan, described it as a “proud moment for the Indians.”
He told Reuters: “He inspires me to become a space world. I always loved to read about science fiction and all things, but this is an inspiration for us as a student,” he told Reuters.
Shukla’s trip is seen as an introduction to Gaganyaan’s mission in India, and it is the first task of human space in the country, to be launched in 2027.
Four pilots from the Indian Air Force chosen for this mission completed the initial training in Russia and undergoing more training in India, according to the May statement of the Indian government.
Space ambitions in India accelerated the Modi era, which was elected for a third term last June and tried to confirm the location of India on the world stage.
In January, it became only the fourth country that succeeded in achieving drone in space.
In 2023, India joined the Elite Space Club to become the fourth countries that land on a spacecraft on the moon. The historical Chandrayaan-3 mission, the first to create a smooth landing near the non-explorer of the moon, gathered samples that help scientists understand how the moon is formed and its development over time.
The country also put its attention to the construction of its space station by 2035, which will be launched by the Bharatia Antariksha station, and the launch of the first tropical mission to Venus in 2028.
Aishwarya S. Iyer from CNN contributed to reports
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