'Tricolour On My Shoulder': Shubhanshu Shukla's Space Message Moves India

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become the first Indian to travel to the ISS as part of the Ax-4 international space mission.

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00:00Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, ignition, and liftoff.

00:19Three nations, a new chapter in space takes flight. Godspeed, AX4.

00:30Two plus 30 seconds into flight with the AXIUM 4 crew on board Dragon headed to the International Space Station.

00:50Waiting to hear callouts from the Falcon 9 engineering team.

00:55Power and telemetry nominal.

00:58Stage one throttle.

01:00We're throttling down the nine Merlin engines.

01:02We're into the throttle bucket, preparing for Max Q.

01:09Max Q.

01:12Four, three, two, one.

01:24Of three nations, a new chapter is this.

01:27One, two, three, two, one.

01:31One, two, three, two, three, two, one.

01:35And sure.

01:37Hi.

01:38Hello.

01:38My beloved tenants.

01:39What a ride.

01:41After 45 years, we reached back to Sandrich and it was the right of Kamal.

01:47In this time, we were 4,5 kilometers per second from the river.

01:53I was telling myself that I am not with you, but I am with you.

02:00This is not the start of my International Space Station.

02:05This is the start of the Human Space Program.

02:08I want you to become a part of this journey.

02:12You should always leave the scene.

02:15You should show the excitement.

02:17Let's start the Human Space Program.