Lucknow, June 29 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, along with party MP Dimple Yadav, on Sunday met with the family of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the first Indian astronaut to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS)

Group Captain Shukla is serving as Mission Pilot on the four-member Axiom Mission 4, which launched aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and docked with the ISS on Thursday.

Akhilesh Yadav and Dimple Yadav extended their best wishes to the family of Shubhanshu Shukla in Lucknow.

Speaking about their visit, Shubhanshu Shukla's father, Shambhu Dayal Shukla, told ANI, "I thank them for extending best wishes to my son...This is a matter of pride for us...We had a discussion on Shubhanshu Shukla's mis...