NEW DELHI\LUCKNOW, JUL 15 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has not just touched space, but also “lifted India’s aspirations to new heights,” after the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth following a 20-day space sojourn. Singh, a Lok Sabha member from […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: After an 18-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others of the commercial Axiom-4 mission are setting off on a return journey to Earth on Monday. Shukla, who became the second Indian astronaut to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 odyssey, will board Dragon spacecraft at […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 12 : Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will undergo a seven-day rehabilitation programme after his splashdown off the California coast on July 15 as he returns to Earth from an 18-day sojourn at the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla and three other astronauts, commander Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu […]Continue Reading
