Chennai, Aug. 17 -- Decorated Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who piloted
the Axiom-4 Mission and become the first Indian to travel to the International Space
Station (ISS) where he conducted microgravity experiments during his 18-day stay,
landed in New Delhi this morning from Texas, US.
He was accorded a rousing reception on his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International
airport in New Delhi early this morning.
Shukla, who along with three other crew members on board AX-4 (others being from
the US, Poland and Hungary) splashed down off the coast of California on July 15
after an 18-day stay aboard the ISS, was received by his Union Minister Jitendra
Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and his family members, including his wif...