New Delhi, June 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the 39-year-old Indian Air Force pilot turned astronaut, who is aboard the Axiom-4 mission at the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Shukla and his team will carry out scientific tasks over the next 14 days in the ISS.

Earlier in the day, Shukla likened his experience in space to that of a child who isn't "feeling well, and learning to eat and walk into the ISS. "I was not feeling well, and I was very sleepy when we were launched into the vacuum. Learning how to walk and eat in space like a child," Shukla had said.

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