Historic Arrival: India's Shubhanshu Shukla Reaches International Space Station

India's Shubhanshu Shukla, along with three fellow astronauts, was warmly welcomed to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday.

The space expedition, known as Axiom-4, saw its commander, Peggy Whitson, make history as the first female astronaut to lead a private mission to the ISS. Whitson was followed aboard by Shukla, the mission's pilot, and Polish engineer Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, a European Space Agency astronaut.

Notably, this is the first time since Rakesh Sharma's eight-day mission in 1984 that an Indian has journeyed to space. The Axiom-4 mission was commanded by Peggy Whitson, further enhancing the significance of this landmark event.

(With inputs from agencies.)