Prime Minister Narendra Mod met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla this evening at the Prime Minister’s residence in Delhi, a day after the astronaut returned to India from his historic visit to the International Space Station. Mr Shukla, wearing an ISRO astronaut jacket, was welcomed by PM Modi with a warm hug.
During the meeting, Shubhanshu Shukla gifted the Axiom-4 mission patch to PM Modi and shared pictures of Earth taken from space. He is the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space Station.
“India is proud of his feat,” posted PM Modi on a social media platform after the meeting.
Shukla was part of the Axiom-4 private space mission, which launched from Florida on June 25 and docked at the ISS on June 26. He returned to Earth on July 15.
During the 18-day mission, he conducted over 60 experiments and 20 outreach sessions aboard the ISS alongside astronauts Peggy Whitson from the United States, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland, and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.
On his return, Shukla shared his feelings on Instagram, writing, “As I sit on the plane to come back to India, I have a mix of emotions running through my heart. I feel sad leaving a fantastic group of people behind who were my friends and family for the past one year during this mission. I am also excited about meeting all my friends, family and everyone in the country for the first time post mission. I guess this is what life is everything all at once.”
He added, “Having received incredible love and support from everyone during and after the mission, I can’t wait to come back to India to share my experiences with all of you. Goodbyes are hard, but we need to keep moving in life. As my commander Peggy Whitson fondly says, ‘the only constant in spaceflight is change’. I believe that applies to life as well.”
Recalling a song from the Bollywood movie Swades that was on his playlist before the mission, Shukla said, “I guess at the end of the day Yun hi chala chal rahi jeevan gaadi hai samay pahiya.”
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