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What a Ride! India Re-enters Space Odyssey After 41 Years

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June 26, 2025

Second Indian in space after Rakesh Sharma

- BOSKY KHANNA @Bengaluru

NAMASKAR to all my countrymen. What a ride! After 41 years, we are back in space and what a ride it has been.

These were the first words of Axiom-4 mission pilot and the first Indian to travel to space in 41 years, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (nicknamed Shux), when the mission was launched at 12.01 pm Wednesday from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, after six postponements since May 29.

The commercial space mission by Axiom Space was launched in collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the European Space Agency (ESA).

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