A big feather for the Indian astronauts and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the upcoming Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) have selected two Indian astronauts. Both the astronauts have completed the initial phase of training.
Accorsing to ISRO, towards the goal of accomplishing a joint ISRO-NASA effort to the International Space Station, the two Gaganyatris (Prime-Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Backup-Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair) assigned for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) commenced their training in the USA from first week of August,2024.
The initial phase of training has been completed successfully by the Gaganyatris.