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Shubhanshu Shukla
Indian Air Force ranks and insignia, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is an Indian Air Force test pilot, engineer and ISRO astronaut. He is the first of List of Indian astronauts#ISRO astronaut candidates for Indian Human Spaceflight Programme, four astronauts who has flown to Outer space, space as part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. He is currently on-board Axiom Mission 4, becoming the first List of Indian astronauts, Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station, and the second Indian to travel to orbit after Rakesh Sharma in 1984. The cost of the seat alloted to him is estimated to be in the mid-$60-million range (approximately ₹500 crore) paid by the Indian government in 2025. Early life and education Shubhanshu Shukla, the youngest of three siblings, was born to Shambhu Dayal Shukla, now a retired government officer, and Asha Shukla, a homemaker. He is a native of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and completed his schooling at City Montessori School, Aliga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaganyaan TV-D1 Patch
Gaganyaan (,, from Sanskrit: , "celestial" and , "craft, vehicle") is an Indian List of crewed spacecraft, crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The spacecraft is being designed to carry three people, and a planned upgraded version will be equipped with rendezvous and docking capabilities. In its maiden crewed mission, the ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s largely autonomous 5.3-Tonne, metric tonne capsule will orbit the Earth at 400 km altitude for up to seven days with a two- or three-person crew on board. The first crewed mission was originally planned to be launched on ISRO's LVM3, HLVM3 rocket in December 2021. As of November 2024, it is expected to be launched no earlier than 2026. The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-manufactured crew module underwent its first uncrewed experimental flight on 18 December 2014. design of the crew module has been completed. The Defence Research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
