SpaceX’s Dragon To Carry Shubhanshu Shukla: G 24-hour Digital Bureau: Is Elon Musk on India’s side? This question suddenly arises, because, amidst the controversy with Donald Trump, his company’s spacecraft is delivering an Indian astronaut to space.
The first picture of the Dragon spacecraft carrying Indian astronaut Shubhshan Shukla in a historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has also been released. This mission is particularly significant because it will help India’s future space program and Gaganyaan mission in many ways.
G 24-hour Digital Bureau: Is Elon Musk on India’s side? This question suddenly arises, because, amidst the controversy with Donald Trump, his company’s spacecraft is delivering an Indian astronaut to space.
The first picture of the Dragon spacecraft carrying Indian astronaut Shubhshan Shukla in a historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has also been released. This mission is particularly significant because it will help India’s future space program and Gaganyaan mission in many ways.
A SpaceX post shared the first image of the rocket, saying Dragon has arrived at its hangar at Pad 39A in Florida ahead of its maiden flight. The Falcon 9 is set to send Dragon and @Axiom_Space’s Ax-4 crew to the @Space_Station. When? That’s the big day. The Axiom-4 mission will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. In a statement, Axiom Space said the Axiom-4 crew will launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It was previously scheduled to launch at 6:41 p.m. on June 8. But it was pushed back two days to June 10. No official reason was given for the delay, though. A source said the delay was due to weather conditions during the spacecraft’s transit and the vehicle’s final pre-launch procedures.
Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla will serve as the pilot of the Axiom-4 mission. Shukla will be accompanied by Poland’s Sławs Użanski-Wiżniewski, Hungary’s Tibor Kapu, and former NASA astronaut and mission commander Peggy Whitson. After docking, the astronauts will conduct various activities in orbit for 14 days. Subhanshu’s space trip is a historic event for India. It comes 40 years after Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spacewalk.
Joni has been an ECT News Network columnist since 2003. His areas of interest include AI, autonomous driving, drones, personal technology, emerging technology, regulation, litigation, M&E, and technology in politics. He has an MBA in human resources, marketing and computer science. He is also a certified management accountant. Enderle currently is president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group, a consultancy that serves the technology industry. He formerly served as a senior research fellow at Giga Information Group and Forrester. Email Rob.
