New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Shubhanshu Shukla will be the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The mission will take off "no earlier than spring 2025", NASA announced on Thursday.

Shubhanshu Shukla is among four private astronauts parts of the Axiom Mission 4. He will serve as the pilot of the company's fourth commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Shubhanshu Shukla is a distinguished pilot in the Indian Air Force. At 39, he is the youngest to be picked as an astronaut-designate, Indian Express reported.

He was handpicked as one of the four astronauts for Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) historic Gaganyaan mission, the nation's inaugu...