India, June 25 -- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Wednesday became the second Indian citizen to go into space after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.

Shukla flew the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and will spend eight days there.

On the day that the Indian space mission took a giant leap forward, it is important to remember the person who created the foundation, then Squadron Leader and later Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.

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