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The captain of the Shubhanshu Shukla group, a test pilot decorated with the Indian Air Force, will fly to the International Space Station in a private commercial mission in May.
The Minister of the Union, Jitendra Singh, said that the trip of the Swukla group marks a milestone for the space collaborations of India.
The captain of the Indian Air Force Group (IAF), Shubhanshu Shukla, a designated by Gaganyatri or Astronauts, will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) in May as part of an Axioma-4 mission in May, the first Astronceut, making Himay do after Rakesh Sharma.
The captain of the Shukla group has spent the last eight months training with the space of NASA and the axiom. It will fly to ISS in a private commercial mission. According to the reports, India has paid around $ 60 million for the mission, which will be launched in a Spacex Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon capsule of the Spacex crew that carries a personal crew, taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
After reviewing the work of the Department of Space and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Minister of State of La Unión, Jitendra Singh, said: “The trip of the Swukla group is more than a flight: it is a new era of space exploration.”
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Why is this project important?
Singh said the Mission of the Captain of the Shukla group, scheduled for May, marks a milestone in the expanding international collaborations of India. It was stressed that collaboration with international partners and the strategic impulse of projects such as Gaganyaan reflect India’s commitment to become a world leader in space technology.
The commander of the Axiom-4 mission (AX-4) will be the former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who now works for the axiom space. The other two crew members are Slawosz Uznanski in Poland, who is an astronaut of the European Space Agency and will be a mission specialist, and the Hungarians Tibor Kapu, who also will have the same role. The captain of the Shukla group will be the pilot of the mission.
Your trip is expected to aboard the Axiom-4 mission to provide a critical practical experience in space flight operations, launch protocols, adaptation of microgravity and emergency preparation, all essential for the credits of India, Sair Saint, she said.
Shukla’s flight is strategically significant since it focuses on operational preparation and global integration and underlines India’s growing commitment to private international associations in space. The Minister of the Union, Singh, said that these efforts were not only of a scientific nature, but also aligned with the vision of a developed and self -sufficient Indian.
In addition to this, Isro will also launch the Nisar satellite, developed in NASA, in June aboard the GSLV-Mark 2 rocket, said Singh. In the following month, the agency will put Bluebird Block-2 satellites of AST Spacemobile Inc. with headquarters in the US.
Isro will also launch the PSLV-C61 mission, which carries the EOS-09 satellite, which presents a synthetic band-band opening radar for high-resolution land images, throughout the weather, day or night.
Who is Subhanshu Shukla?
A test pilot decorated with the Air Force of India, the captain of the 40 -year -old Shukla group, is the youngest of the astronauts Isro. It was preselected under the human space flight program of Isro and is among the main contestants for the Gaganyan mission.
Coming from luck, the captain of the Shukla group is a student or a Montessori school in the city in Aliganj. Commissioner as a combat pilot in 2006, he has accumulated about 16 years of service and more than 2,000 flight hours.
He was commissioned in the Air Force of India on June 17, 2006, and describes his career as a “roller mountain trip.” He has stood out in his field, becoming a combat combat leader and test pilot with experience in several aircraft, including Su-30mki, MiG-21, MIG-29, Jaguar and Hawk.
(With PTI inputs)
