Lucknow celebrates as city-boy Shubhanshu Shukla pilots historic Axiom-4 Space Mission

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Shambhu and Asha Shukla watched the live broadcast of their son Shubhanshu Shukla’s historic Axiom-4 space mission with pride and excitement in Lucknow.

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Students celebrate as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 space mission, in Lucknow.

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Family members of Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla celebrate as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 space mission, in Lucknow.

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Family members of Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla react as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 mission, in Lucknow.

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People celebrate as they watch the live broadcast of Axiom 4 space mission, in Lucknow.

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Shubhanshu Shukla lifted off into space on board the SpaceX Falcon 9-rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida.

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As the rocket pierced through Florida skies, Group Captain Shukla became only the second Indian history to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma in 1984 and the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station.

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