India, Poland and Hungary are back in human spaceflight. SpaceX launched the countries’ first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a chartered flight to the International Space Station.

By Steve Nesius, Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on Wednesday,

Delivering a message in Hindi to his fellow countrymen, Shubhanshu Shukla expressed deep gratitude, saying it was the love and blessings of the Indian people that had brought him safely to the International Space Station.