Mumbai, April 19 -- Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will become the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) next month, the government announced on Friday, in what will mark the nation's return to human spaceflight after four decades.
The announcement was made by Jitendra Singh, Union minister of state (independent charge) for science and technology, following a high-level meeting to review the Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro) upcoming missions chaired by Isro chairman V Narayanan. The 39-year-old decorated test pilot will join the Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission in May 2025, a Nasa-approved private spaceflight that will dock with the ISS for up to 14 days. P15
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