India is brimming with pride after Shubhanshu Shukla became the first astronaut from the country to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday, in a boost to the South Asian giant’s bid to become a space power.

Axiom Mission 4 astronauts dock the international Space Station, including the first Indian to set foot on the space station, on Thursday morning.

A day after Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became only the second Indian to travel to space, the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission he's piloting is due to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). Ax-4's multi-country crew,

The family members of Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla gathered in Lucknow to celebrate as the Axiom Mission 4 mission crew successfully reached the International Space Station. The historic mission marks a significant milestone for India's space ambitions.

IAF fighter pilot Shubhanshu Shukla will supervise the critical docking phase of Axiom-4 Mission as the NASA spacecraft will make the rendezvous, line up and approach the Space Station for a smooth capture.

It began with a thunderous roar from Cape Canaveral and ended, about 28 hours later, with a gentle, precise docking around 400km above Earth as Dragon capsule Grace latched onto the International Space Station (ISS) at 4.