India has reached a significant milestone in its ambitions to become a major player in space exploration as Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian astronaut to journey to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. Shukla is part of the Axiom Space Mission 4, or Ax-4, a commercial mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is managed by Axiom Space, a Texas-based company, in collaboration with SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Elon Musk. The crew