India, Aug. 24 -- After returning to India in August, astronaut and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla - aka Shux - presented the "certified space travelled" Axiom-4 mission badge, which he took to space, to its designer Manish Tripathi. The elated designer, who is also Shubhanshu's schoolmate from City Montessori School, Lucknow, called it the best "return gift".

India's first astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), has presented these space travelled badges to President Doupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh earlier.

"It was a moment of pride when he presented the certified space travelled badge momento. He (Shux) was very happy with the response he received from everyone for ...