Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s family in Lucknow is eagerly waiting for him to return from space as part of the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew. The mission began on June 25 when SpaceX’s Falcon 9 ...

Since their arrival, the Ax-4 crew has circled the Earth nearly 230 times, covering more than 6 million miles in orbit.

The ISS, orbiting Earth at an altitude of about 400 kilometers and travelling at 28,000 km/hr, appeared as a fast-moving, bright dot streaking across the sky.