New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- After etching his name in India's space history, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has made a powerful return to the skies, resuming frontline flying just days after completing the landmark Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station(ISS).
In his first sortie since the spaceflight, Shukla took to the air with the Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran aerobatic team during a practice mission at Bidar on Tuesday, marking a rare and seamless transition from orbit back to high-performance military aviation.
In a post on X, Shukla wrote, "Sure feels good to be back in the cockpit. Flight training remains a cornerstone of astronaut preparation. Few environments demand such seamless integration of sensory inputs, rapid real-t...