India is brimming with pride after Shubhanshu Shukla became the first astronaut from the country to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday, in a boost to the South Asian giant’s bid to become a space power.

India, Poland, and Hungary return to human spaceflight after more than 40 years as SpaceX launches their astronauts into space.

NASA is in the process of rescheduling a commercial mission to the International Space Station after the postponement of a launch slated for Sunday.