Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the primary Indian astronaut to journey to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence.
Sharing his experiences, Shubhanshu Shukla, who was a part of the Axiom-4 industrial mission from June 25 to July 15, stated that meals remained one of many largest challenges on an area station.
“Meals is a giant problem on an area station. There’s much less house, and cargo is pricey. You at all times attempt to pack as many energy and vitamins as doable within the least house, and experiments are occurring in each approach,” Shubhanshu Shukla stated.
Shukla was warmly acquired by the prime minister, who hugged him and walked along with his arm across the astronaut’s shoulder.
Throughout the assembly, Shukla offered Modi with the Axiom-4 mission patch and the Indian tricolour he had carried to house. The identical flag had featured within the backdrop when Shukla spoke to Modi nearly from the ISS on June 29. He additionally confirmed the prime minister pictures of Earth taken from house.
The Lucknow-born astronaut added that he was overwhelmed by the worldwide recognition of India’s house programme. “Wherever I went, whoever I met, everybody was very pleased to satisfy me, very excited. The largest factor was that everybody knew about what India is doing within the discipline of house. Everybody knew about this and there have been many individuals who have been extra enthusiastic about Gaganyaan than me, who have been coming and asking me when is your mission going,” he informed Modi.
Calling the interplay “a proud second,” Modi later posted on X, “Had an incredible interplay with Shubhanshu Shukla. We mentioned a variety of topics together with his experiences in house, progress in science & know-how in addition to India’s formidable Gaganyaan mission. India is happy with his feat.”
Shukla, who returned to India on Sunday, stated he had fulfilled Modi’s recommendation to doc each element of his mission for the advantage of the upcoming Gaganyaan programme. As a part of Axiom-4, Shukla and three different astronauts – Peggy Whitson (US), Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland) and Tibor Kapu (Hungary) – performed over 60 experiments and 20 outreach periods throughout their 20-day mission.
