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The Second Orbit
by Shubhanshu Shukla
Belief of a man, dream of 1.4 billion hearts. The memoir of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla — fighter pilot, test pilot and astronaut — who became the first Indian to journey to the International Space Station.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla
Indian Air Force · Axiom Mission 4 to the ISS
About the Book
The Second Orbit is the memoir of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the Indian Air Force fighter and test pilot who became the first Indian astronaut to reach the International Space Station.
It traces his journey from his boyhood in Lucknow through the cockpit of fighter jets to selection for India's human spaceflight programme and his flight as pilot of Axiom Mission 4.
Coming more than forty years after Rakesh Sharma's historic first orbit, his mission marked India's long-awaited return to crewed spaceflight — the 'second orbit' of the title.
Written with a message from the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, the book is a story of belief, discipline and the dream of 1.4 billion hearts riding on one man's journey to the stars.
Belief of a man... dream of 1.4 billion hearts.
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