India is celebrating by sending its first astronaut in space after 41 years

Merry Indians celebrate the successful launch of the Axiom-4 mission (AX-4), which has taken off with a crew from many countries, including Indian astronaut.

Group Shubhanshu ShuklaWho piloted the mission became only the second Indian to travel to space.

After a little over 26 hours – when docks on the spacecraft of the International Space Station (ISS) – the captain of the Shukla group will become the first Indian to visit NASA's orbital laboratory.

His journey comes 41 years after Cosmonau Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to fly to space aboard Russian Soyuz in 1984.

Guided by former astronaut of NASA Peggy Whitson – a space veteran who was commander of the IAS twice, spent more than 675 days in space and made 10 space walks – AX -4, raised from the Kenned Kenned Center in Florida at 02:31 Wednesday.

Traveling to ISS Aboard AX -4 – a commercial flight run by Houston -based private company Axiom Space – is a cooperation between NASA, India's space agency, the European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceX.

His four-member team also includes Slavos Usenski-Uyshevski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary. They will also bring their sides back to space in more than four decades. Astronauts spent weeks in quarantine before starting on Wednesday.

The flight has aroused great interest in India, with Isro saying that the captain of the Shukla experience group will win during his trip to the ISS, helping his efforts very much.

The 39-year-old was among the four Indian Air Force officers included in the list last year to travel on the country's first space flight scheduled for 2027. India also announced ambitious plans for the creation of a space station by 2035 and sending an astronaut to the moon.

ISRO, which conducts a number of tests to prepare for space entry, pay 5 billion rupees (£ 59 million; £ 43 million) to provide a place for the AX-4 School group captain and his training.

Minutes after departure, the group of the Shukla group had a message about India.

“We returned to space after 41 years and what an incredible driving it was,” he said.

“We are currently orbiting Earth at a speed of 750 km per second. On my shoulder I carry the Indian flag. This is not the beginning of my trip to the ISS, it is the beginning of the human space flight in India.

Starting, using the SpaceX Dragon Crew capsule on the Falcon 9 rocket, was broadcast live by Axiom Space and NASA and began celebrations in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcome The successful start and said the Indian astronaut “brings with it the desires, hopes and aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians.”

In the hometown of captain of Captain Schukla, his parents joined hundreds of students to observe the lifting. They were greeted by a music group on their arrival at the school and were spotted in applause when the rocket rose.

Born on October 10, 1985 in the northern city of Laknau, the captain of the Schukla group joined the Air Force of India as a fighter pilot in 2006.

He has flew Migs, Sukhois, Dorniers, Jaguars and Hawks and has more than 2000 hours of flying experience.

Describing the past year as “nothing but transformative”, the captain of the Schukla group recently told an online press conference that there were no words to describe his excitement.

“So far it was an incredible trip, but the best is yet to come,” he said.

“As I go into space, I carry not only tools and equipment, I carry hopes and dreams for billion hearts.

“I ask all Indians to pray for the success of our mission,” he added.

In addition to piloting the mission, the Indian astronaut will have a busy schedule during its two weeks on ISS.

Given the huge interest in flights, Isro said they were organizing events to communicate with Indian students and answer their questions while sailing in space. Interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also on cards.

But most of the time, the four -member crew will conduct 60 scientific experiments, seven of which come from India.

Former NASA scientist Mila Mitra says that Isro's experiments will help improve our understanding of space and its impact on biology and micro-gravity.

One of the key experiments, she explains, will examine the impact of the space flight on six varieties of crop seeds.

Another ISRO experiment involves growing three strains of microalgae that could be used as food, fuel or even in life maintenance systems, and this will help identify the most suitable for cultivation, she says.

ISRO projects will also study how tardigrads – micro -pines on Earth, which can survive extreme environments – would handle space.

Other experiments are intended to identify how muscle loss occurs in space and how it can be treated; Both the physical and cognitive impact of the use of computer screens in microgravity.