NASA Clears Indian Astronaut's 14-Day Mission to Space Station

NASA has approved the Axiom-4 mission, which will send India's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a four-person crew on a 14-day mission.

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Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the commercial mission, with Shukla serving as pilot. The crew includes European Space Agency project astronauts Sławosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.

NASA's International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel said private astronaut missions help expand access to the micro-gravity environment and support NASA’s plans for low Earth orbit.

The mission will launch using a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Upon reaching the ISS, the crew will conduct research during their 14-day stay.