Axiom-4 crew's launch-day playlist unveiled
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is part of the newly launched Axiom-4 mission, joining teammates from the USA, Poland, and Hungary on a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station.
This marks the first time astronauts from these four countries are flying together—and it's their return to human spaceflight after more than 40 years.
Astronauts picked songs from home for launch day
To set the mood for launch day, each astronaut picked a song from home: Shukla chose "Yun Hi Chala Chal" from Swades, Peggy Whitson (USA) went with "Thunder" by Imagine Dragons, while Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland) and Tibor Kapu (Hungary) picked tracks in their native languages.
It's a small but cool way they brought their cultures along for the ride.
Crew expected to dock at ISS Thursday morning
The crew is expected to dock at the ISS around 7am ET Thursday and will spend up to two weeks doing science experiments, sharing knowledge, and working on commercial projects.
If you want to spot their spacecraft zooming overhead, NASA's tracker has all the details.