(MENAFN- Live Mint) As India celebrates a historic space moment with Shubhanshu Shukla's journey to the International Space Station (ISS), a lighter, more personal detail has caught the internet's attention: the playlist astronauts chose for their big day.

Ahead of the successful liftoff of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, Axiom Space shared a glimpse of the launch-day playlist featuring tracks picked by the crew, and Shukla's choice struck an emotional chord with many.

The Indian astronaut, a 39-year-old fighter pilot and the second Indian ever to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma, chose 'Yun Hi Chala Chal' from the 2004 film Swades, a song known for its spirit of purposeful journeying and quiet determination.

The other astronauts also revealed their picks:

• Peggy Whitson, the mission commander and veteran astronaut, picked Thunder by Imagine Dragons.
• Slawosz Uznanski chose Supermoce (Superpowers), a Polish track.
• Tibor Kapu selected Buvohely, a Hungarian song.

The crew launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida early Wednesday morning, marking another milestone for India's presence in space. Shukla, selected by ISRO, is flying as part of a commercial American space mission led by Axiom Space, making him the first Indian to do so.

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