Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Returns from Space, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gives Welcome Message

Indian Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned to Earth on Tuesday after spending more than two weeks at the International Space Station (ISS). He is the first Indian to visit ISS. However, he is the second person in the country to go to space after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.

The crew capsule of Spacex along with members of the Axiom-4 mission’s crew has landed 3 PM (according to Indian time) near San Diego on the banks of California in the US. This crew capsules have taken about 22.5 hours to return to Earth. The crew of this mission includes Shukla, apart from America’s peggy whitson, Slawosz Uznanski Wisniemski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the group caption Shukla on social media platform x Post “I welcome him with the country on the return of Group caption Shubhanshu Shukla to Earth in the space of Group caption, Shubhanshu Shukla. It is another milestone in the direction of our Human Space Flight Mission – Gaganyaan.”

Axiom Space, a American company associated with space exploration, said that it is a major achievement for India, Poland and Hungary with a scientific success. This is the first time in more than four decades that these countries have sent their astronauts into space and this is the first time when Astronauts of these countries have worked as well as living on ISS. India has paid a cost of about seven million dollars for this mission.

The crew of this mission has done many experiments on ISS. Seven of these experiments were led by Shukla. Along with these astronauts, a swan toy called Joy was also sent as his indicator of zero gravity. This mission can give the Indian Space Agency ISRO significant lessons for the preparation of Gaganyaan. Group caption Shukla and other crew members will be in medical rehabilitation for about a week to adjust themselves with gravity on earth. This crew has brought important scientific data with it.