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Axiom-4: Shubhanshu Shukla to ISS

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Axiom-4: Shubhanshu Shukla to ISS (GS3 · Space, 25 June 2025)

What happened

  • Axiom-4 launched with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as mission pilot in a four-member crew to the ISS [PIB].

Background

  • He was to run experiments with indigenous kits [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Experience feeds Gaganyaan.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Space

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-25): axiom-4 launched with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as mission pilot in a four-member crew to the ISS.
  2. Experience feeds Gaganyaan.
Quotable data point

Axiom-4 launched with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as mission pilot in a four-member crew to the ISS.

PIB: Axiom-4 launch, 25 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: Ax-4.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Shukla's role on Axiom-4

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerISRO and India’s Space Programme: History, Launch Vehicles, Major Missions from Aryabhata to Chandrayaan-3, Space Sector Reforms and the Road to 2040 (UPSC Notes + PYQs)ExplainerGaganyaan: India’s Human Spaceflight Programme, HLVM3, Crew Module, Astronaut-Designates, Test Flights and the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Axiom-4 launch, 25 Jun 2025

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