Being 'saare jahaan se achchha' in space too
The 41 years between the two have witnessed significant progress in space technology. Therefore, a comparison between Sharma's eight-day venture then and Shux's 18-day mission now would be unfair. Besides, while the former mission was more of a diplomatic endeavour between India and the then USSR as a result of Cold War coddling; the Ax 4 mission was a commercial, public-private venture involving collaboration between Nasa, Indian Space Research Organisation and European Space Agency on one side, and Axiom Space and SpaceX on the other.
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