Chennai, Aug. 16 -- After piloting the Axiom-4 Mission and becoming the first
Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS) where he conducted micgravity
experiments for 18 days, decorated Indian astronaut and Group Captain Shubhanshu
Shukla is heading back to India.
Shux has boarded a flight to India at Texas and is expected to reach tomorrow.
Soon after his arrival, he was expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
share his memorable experiences and the experiments conducted at ISS, with him.
Authorities are planning to accord a rousing reception to him to celebrate the success
of the historic mission to ISS.
Shukla was one of the astronauts shortlisted for the first Human spaceflight Gaganyaan
mission scheduled to tak...