Shubhanshu Shukla: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned to India after completing the ISS mission. He was welcomed by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan at Delhi Airport.
Shubhanshu Shukla: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla completed the ISS mission and returned to India on Sunday morning. The Delhi airport resonated with people in celebration of his ISS’s historic visit, where people gathered to welcome amidst the beat of drums and waving tricolor. In this grand reception, Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan greeted Shubhanshu and his backup astronaut Prashant Balakrishnan Nair.
Special discussion will be held in Lok Sabha on Monday
There will also be a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on this historic return of Shubhanshu on Monday. Shubhanshu Shukla, a astronaut at India’s first international space station, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. After this, he will go to his home to Lucknow. It is expected that he will also attend the National Space Day celebrations to be held in Delhi on 22 and 23 August.
Lok Sabha Secretariat gave information
There will be a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on Monday to make Shukla’s indigenous return special. The theme of discussion will be “India’s first astronaut at the International Space Station, an important role of space program for India developed until 2047.” This information has been given by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
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Shubhanshu Shukla returned to earth on 15 July
Significantly, Shubhanshu Shukla Axiom-4 was part of the private space mission. The mission was launched from Florida on 25 June and reached the international space station on 26 June. Shukla returned to Earth on 15 July. During the mission, he along with the US Paigi Whitson, Slavose Uznansky-Vicenivsky of Poland and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu completed more than 60 scientific experiments and 20 outreach sessions in 18 days.