Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has departed for the International Space Station (ISS) with Axiom-4 mission. The mission was launched on Wednesday afternoon at 12:01 pm with SpaceX’s Dragon Space. However, most people do not know how much a seat is worth the Axiom space. Let us know how much the seat is worth and why this mission is important.
‘Axiom Space’ is a private American company, which runs a private spacecraft for the International Space Station with NASA. In these missions, professionals or scientists travel to space by paying their own expenses.
Sources have revealed that Axiom Space has become a gateway to space travel today. One seat is estimated at $ 55 to $ 70 million, which is estimated at ₹ 459 million to ₹ 584 crore.
What is the approximate cost in each mission?
Sources have revealed that each mission from AX-1 to AX-4 runs by AXIOM costs around ₹ 459 crore. It is not only the cost of a seat, but it includes 1000 hours of training, space travel by Spacex Crew Dragon, about 14 days on ISS and returning to Safe.
What is special for India is that the Indian Air Force, born in Lucknow in the AX-4 mission, is serving as Shubhanshu Shukla Pilot. He became the first Indian who has traveled to ISS. He is the first Indian to do so in 41 years after Rakesh Sharma.
Why is this mission special?
This mission is not just for space tours, but also useful for India’s future space missions. This is a big step for the target of Gaganyan and India to be lifted on the moon by 2040.
Although the journey may seem as valuable and expensive as ₹ 459 crore, this space journey launched by Axiom Space is writing a new chapter for the future of the country.
