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The Indian Express | As Axiom-4 and Shubhanshu Shukla lift off, so does India
By Ashwin Prasad
An Indian is in space for the first time in over 40 years. This is momentous for more than one reason. It marks the beginning of the era of Indian human spaceflight, with Gaganyaan planned for 2027, and eventually, the Indian Space Station in the next decade. There are ambitious missions that will add India to an elite club of space powers that currently consists of the US, China and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union).
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By Ashwin Prasad