India, Aug. 25 -- 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". Talking about the elements of the badge, Manish tells us, "The stamp-shaped badge has the Gaganyaan capsule, Jantar Mantar monument, Aryabhatta, Sun, Moon phases, tessellated lines, astronomy symbols, Mathematical symbols, infinity symbol and Earth hemisphere with the astronaut facing the sky. Every element tells a story. Subhanshu and I brainstormed every element and wove it all together." Manish began designing the badge last year. "I checked-in at a hotel with my wife and co-designer Tanmaya on July 28 and till September 3 we were 24x7 on it. Shux was in the US and we were regularly coordinating with him. Every element was sketched by hand and later, we created the mission logo badge. It was a task representing the country in space, one that will go down in history like a passion project, and we're happy we were able to achieve it." Manish, who had earlier designed for Ram Lalla, the Asian Games, and IPL, expressed that he's glad he "got this opportunity to serve the country."...