Shubhanshu Shukla’s 18-Day Space Odyssey: A New Dawn for India’s Human Spaceflight Lucknow: To the Stars — and Back. From June 26 to July 14, 2025, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, a 39-year-old Indian Air Force test pilot and astronaut, etched his name into history as the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) — and the second Indian in space after Rakesh Sharma’s landmark 1984 mission. His 18-day voyage aboard the ISS as part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) wasn’t just a personal triumph, but a massive leap…
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