Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla reaches International Space Station

Indian’s Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts reached the International Space Station on Thursday as the Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbital laboratory after a 28-hour journey around the Earth.

The new spacecraft — fifth in the Dragon series, named Grace — achieved a soft capture with the space station at 4:01 pm IST over the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the



first time an Indian astronaut has travelled to the International Space Station.

“At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4,” the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced in a statement.