According to a report, NASA’s former astronaut will be the commander of the Pegy Whitson Mission. Apart from them, three international asst shoulds have been made part of the mission. These include Shubhanshu Shukla of India, European Space Agency (ESA) Polish Mission Expert Slavose Slavose Uznański and Hungary Mission Expert Tibor Kapu. This will be the first time a polish astronaut will go into space in 40 years.
The aim of the mission is to increase scientific research, demonstrate technology on orbital outposts and increase commercialization in space. The Axiaom Space says that this will be his second flight with ESA while with India and Hungary it will first fulfill the motives of Space.
This will be the fifth space flight of Mission Commander ‘Paigi Whitson’. She will go to space for the second time with an Axiom space. The launch date of the mission is not yet confirmed. It is believed that this mission can fly anytime after October.
Who is Shubhanshu Shukla?
According to media reports, Shubhanshu Shukla hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has been a student of the National Defense Academy. In 2006, he was appointed in the Combat Wing of the Air Force. He has a flight experience of more than 2 thousand hours. Now he will represent India in space.