New Delhi, June 25 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday extended best wishes for the success of the Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla-piloted Axiom-4 mission, which launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US today.

President Murmu said that the whole nation is excited and proud of an Indian's journey to the stars.

"As Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla creates a new milestone in space for India, the whole nation is excited and proud of an Indian's journey into the stars. He and his fellow astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 from the US, Poland and Hungary prove the world is indeed one family - 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', " President Murmu said in a post on X.

"My best wishes for the success of this mission, which reflects the enduri...