India sends its first astronaut into space in 41 years

Thanks for the fact check, I should finish my coffee before commenting.

He's going on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launching from the US.

Wait till that dude needs ground support!

>Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut.

>In just over 26 hours - when the spacecraft docks at the International Space Station (ISS) - Group Captain Shukla will become the first ever Indian to visit Nasa's orbiting laboratory.

>His trip comes 41 years after cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to fly to space aboard a Russian Soyuz in 1984.

~~Great job! The more nations capable of this, the better imo.~~

Still great but I should have actually read the article, hmm.

next one will be to moon, then mars.