Back to Earth, back to India: Shubhanshu returns home
India, Aug. 18 -- A
stronaut Shubhanshu Shukla returned to India early Sunday after his landmark visit to the International Space Station (ISS). He received a warm welcome at Delhi airport from Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and ISRO Chairman V Narayanan. Shukla is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi before travelling to his hometown, Lucknow.
He was part of the Axiom Mission-4, which lifted off from Florida on June 25. Alongside three other astronauts, Shukla docked at the ISS a day later. Having trained in the US for the past year, he returned to Earth on July 15.HTC...
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