Prayagraj, June 25 -- The families of Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Axiom-4 Mission, were welcomed at the school he attended in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.

Axiom 4 Mission, being piloted by Group Captain Shukla, lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US. The mission is being piloted by India's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla. The crew is travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company's Falcon 9 rocket.

Mother of Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Asha said, "...We cannot describe this in words... We are not scared (for Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla) at all... We are deli...