New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who returned to Earth in July after completing NASA's Axiom-4 space mission. During the meeting, Shukla shared that people around the world are excited about India's Gaganyaan mission.

He added that his crew members were so enthusiastic that they made him promise to invite them to the Gaganyaan launch.

During the interaction, PM Modi asked, "As the first Indian to reach there, what are your thoughts? And what kind of questions do people ask ?"

Shubhanshu Shukla said, "Wherever I went, whoever I met, everyone was very happy to meet me, very excited. The biggest thing was that everyone knew about what India is doing in the field of space. Ev...