Tears, prayers, cheers: India's Shubhanshu’s Shukla heads to space with Axiom-4 mission | In pics

India saw on Wednesday the eagerly awaited launch of the Axiom-4 mission, which sent India's Shubhanshu Shukla to space, making him the second Indian to do so.

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Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with three of his crewmates — veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson (US) as commander, Polish engineer Sławosz Uznański, Hungarian researcher Tibor Kapu set to launch Axiom-4 Mission into space aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, en route to the International Space Station (ISS), in Florida on Wednesday.  (Space-X)

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(L-R) ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and Polish astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski pose for a picture ahead of the Axiom-4 mission. (AFP)

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(L-R) ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu, US astronaut Peggy Whitson make their way to Launch Complex 39A ahead of the Axiom-4 mission, with a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, lift off at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 24 (local time), 2025. (AFP)

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Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's parents Shambhu Shukla and Asha Shukla react as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 space mission, in Lucknow, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.  (PTI)

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The Axiom-4 mission, with a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP)

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The Axiom-4 crew, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary, Commander Peggy Whitson of the US, and Mission Specialist Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland (REUTERS)

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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Axiom-4 crew of four astronauts lifted off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a mission to the International Space Station on Wednesday. In pic: India's Shubhanshu Shukla. (REUTERS)

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In this image released by @CommanderMLA via X on June 25, 2025, Axiom Mission 4 crew, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) astronaut and IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is seen on the extreme left. (@CommanderMLA)

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(L-R) ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and Polish astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski make their way to Launch Complex 39A ahead of the Axiom-4 mission, with a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket (AFP)

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In this screenshot via @Axiom_Space on X on June 25, 2025, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others aboard the Dragon spacecraft ahead of the launch of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station (@Axiom_Space)

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In this handout image released on June 25, 2025, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak meets family members of Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla (Handout/PTI)

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Family members of Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla react as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 mission, in Lucknow, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.  (PTI)

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Students celebrate as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 space mission, in Lucknow, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla along with three others embarked on a space odyssey to the International Space Station as part of a commercial mission by Axiom Space on Wednesday.  (PTI)