Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to lead India-US mission to International Space Station, announces ISRO

Bengaluru, 2/8: ISRO on Friday said its Human Space Flight Centre has entered into a space flight agreement with Axiom Space Inc, USA for its Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

A National Mission Assignment Board has recommended two ‘gaganyatris’ as prime and backup mission pilot for this mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (prime) and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair.