Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Shukla says Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma -- the first Indian to travel to space --has been ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will become the second Indian to travel to space, four decades after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma's historic feat in 1984.

As a combat leader and seasoned test pilot, he boasts an impressive 2,000 hours of flight experience across various aircraft, including the Su-30 MKI, MiG-21, MiG-29, Jaguar, Hawk, Dornier, and An-32.

This comes 41 years after India’s first and only astronaut, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, flew on a Soviet mission to the then Salyut-7 space station. Interestingly, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, ...

Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will become the second Indian to go to space after Rakesh Sharma. He was selected for the upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station ...

Shubhanshu Shukla, a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force, is set to become the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). He will serve as a pilot in the Axiom-4 ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is all set to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) in a few months, will be carrying some items representing different regions of India, and a special ...

Prior to this, there have been a few Indian origin astronauts who have made it to space. These include the following: In 1984, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen in space aboard the Soviet ...