NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s aboard the Worldwide House Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission.Shukla is the primary Indian to cross the ‘Karman line’ in additional than 41 years, following Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma’s historic mission aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 on April 3, 1984. From area, Shukla had shared a message: “This is not the start of my journey to ISS, however starting of India’s human area flight programme.”The Dragon capsule carrying the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew, together with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla — name signal Grace — glided silently via area with its nostril cone open and docking sensors prepared, efficiently linking with the Worldwide House Station on Thursday. This historic second marked the primary time an Indian set foot on the orbiting lab. Delicate docking occurred at round 16.02 IST, with the complete docking course of accomplished by 16:16 IST. Launched the day gone by from Nasa’s Kennedy House Heart, Grace carried out a collection of exact orbit-raising manoeuvres throughout its 28-hour pursuit of the ISS — a regular Dragon mission profile however a exceptional journey for Shukla.
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