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Explainer: Countdown begins for Shubhanshu Shukla's space odyssey

The IAF Group captain is now closer to becoming the second Indian to travel to space
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The Falcon-9 rocket erected on its launch pad in Florida on Sunday. Photo: SpaceX 

As evening descends over India on Sunday, the 2-day, 8-hour long countdown will begin on the other side of the globe for the scheduled June 10 launch of Axiom-4 mission, the four-member mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that includes an Indian astronaut.

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