Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla reaches International Space Station | Watch

In a historic feat for India, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday docked the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station under the private astronaut mission Axiom Mission 4.

The Dragon spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing port of the space station’s Harmony module at around 4 pm IST on Thursday. This is the first time in more than 40 years that astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station.

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Along with Shubhanshu Shukla, Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency) astronauts Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary were also part of the team that docked at the ISS.

Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh congratulated Shukla on the successful docking.

“Congratulations #Axiom4! Docking accomplished. Shubhanshu stands at the threshold entrance of International Space Station #ISS … waiting to step in for a 14 day sojourn…. as the world watches with excitement and expectation,” he said.

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