Quarantine became Shubhanshu Shukla before going to International Space Station
The Indian Astronaut has moved to Quarantine before going to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Astronaut Shubhinnu Shukla Axiom Mission. Along with him, the other three astronauts of the mission also entered Quarantine on Saturday.
Shubhanshu said- I am confident that the Axiom mission will be successful. This will prove to be a milestone for commercial space flight. Axiom Space bid farewell to the crew on the mission at an event.
Indeed, Quarantine is an essential phase before going into space. In this, the entire crew is kept in isolation, so that it remains completely healthy and does not have any infection during the mission.
Four Astronauts from four countries in the Axiom Mission 4 are going to visit the space station for 14 days on 8 June. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has been selected for this mission under the agreement between NASA and ISRO.
Three more Astronauts will go with Shubhanshu
The crew of the Axiom 4 mission includes members of India, Poland and Hungary. Slavose Uznansky will be the second Astronaut of Poland to Space after 1978. Tibor Kapu will be the second Astronaut of Hungary to Space after 1980. This is the second commercial human space flight mission of Paigi Whitson of American.
Shubhanshu Shukla is originally from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. His early studies were completed from City Montessori School in Aliganj, Lucknow. After 12th, he cleared the entrance exam of the National Defense Academy (NDA) and from here he earned a graduation degree.
The NDA is a major institution training for officer cadets for the Armed Forces (Army Army, Navy and Air Force) in India. Along with training, it also gives academic degree, which is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.