Axiom-4 mission: Dragon spacecraft carrying Shubhanshu Shukla and crew docks at International Space Station

Dragon spacecraft carrying Shubhanshu Shukla and three different astronauts achieved smooth seize with International Space Station on Thursday (June 26, 2025)

Soft seize of the Dragon spacecraft passed off when the Space Station was passing over north Atlantic Ocean at 4:01 p.m. IST. A dwell videolink from NASA confirmed the spacecraft approaching the house station and the docking sequence was accomplished at 4:15 p.m. IST.

With the docking of the Dragon spacecraft, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla made historical past by changing into the primary Indian to enter the International Space Station.

After a number of delays, Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) to the International Space Station (ISS) was launched on Wednesday (June 25, 2025) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Pilot of the Ax-4 mission and Group Captain Shukla, together with different 4 crew members Commander Peggy Whitson of the U.S., Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary, launched into a 28-hour journey to the ISS on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching on the Falcon 9 rocket

Earlier within the day, Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla stated he was studying to dwell in microgravity circumstances “like a baby” and it was a tremendous expertise to drift in vacuum because the Dragon spacecraft circled the Earth in its journey to dock at the International Space Station.

Before reaching worldwide house station, astronaut Shukla greeted the individuals with ‘Namaskar from space’ from Dragon spacecraft.

Sharing his expertise through a videolink from the spacecraft, Shukla stated after remaining in quarantine for 30 days, the place he was far-off from all the thrill, forward of the launch of the Axiom-4 mission on Wednesday (June 25, 2025), “the only thought in my mind was to let us just go”.