Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts made history by visiting the international space station. Indian Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla left for the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 June today. Shubhanshu Shukla is the pilot of this mission. The mission was launched from the launch pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX. The weather conditions were said to be 90% favorable, which is auspicious sign for this historic flight.
Let us know that in 1984, after Rakesh Sharma, Shubhanshu will be the second astronaut of India, who will give the country another moment of pride.
The mission was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at around 12:00 pm Indian time. All Astronauts flew into the dragon capsules associated with SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket. The Dragon Spacecraft will be connected to ISS at 04:30 pm on 26 June after about 28.5 hours.
6 times postponed Exium-4 mission
– On May 29, the launch was postponed due to the non -preparation of the dragon spacecraft.
– It was scheduled on 8 June. Falcon-9 rocket was not ready for launch.
– The new date was given June 10. Again it was postponed due to bad weather.
– Mission schedule was done on 11 June for the fourth time. This time oxygen was leaked.
– The new date was given June 19. The uncertainty of the weather, the crew was averted due to the health of the members.
– For the sixth time the mission was scheduled for 22 June. Additional time was required to evaluate the Jewjda service module of ISS. Hence the mission was averted.