Axiom Mission 4 | SRK’s hit music Yun Hi Chala Chal Rahi from Swades on Shubhanshu Shukla on house lift-off playlist

Shukla launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft with the Crew Dragon capsule as a part of the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), lifting off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Adding a private contact to his historic flight, the Indian Air Force take a look at pilot’s playlist throughout lift-off featured the beloved movie music Yun Hi Chala Chal Rahi from the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer film Swades (2003), sung by Udit Narayan, Hariharan, and Kailash Kher, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar and music by AR Rahman.

SpaceX shared this distinctive element on X, alongside the playlists of different crew members: Mission Commander Peggy Whitson’s Thunder by Imagine Dragons, Sławosz Uznański’s Supermoce, and Tibor Kapu’s Búvóhely.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s mother and father at City Montessori School, Lucknow(Photo: HT) Back in his hometown, City Montessori School in Lucknow turned the point of interest of native celebrations. Shukla’s mother and father, Shambhu Dayal Shukla and Asha Shukla, alongside his sisters Nidhi and Suchi Shukla, joined a big gathering of scholars for a stay telecast of the launch.

The faculty hosted ‘Vyomotsav’, a watch-party that reworked the campus right into a vibrant “mini house centre”, paying tribute to its illustrious alumnus. Shukla has performed his education until Class XII from its Aliganj department.

Prof Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, faculty’s president and supervisor mentioned, “From a curious younger learner in our lecture rooms to a pioneering astronaut, Shux’s story fantastically encapsulates our faculty’s mission of ‘Education for World Unity and Peace’.” School’s founder-director Bharti Gandhi was additionally current on the event.

Vyomotsav underway at City Montessori School(Photo: HT) Cheers erupted because the rocket ascended, adopted by dancing and heartfelt congratulations, marking a proud second for the town.

The night featured a stay AXIOM mission broadcast, a reproduction of the ISS Cupola module, a “Defy Gravity” picture sales space, telescope viewings, and a simulated Mission Control Centre—making it half celebration, half science pageant.