The President’s Office shared the details of the meeting on X, noting that Shukla recounted his experiences in space. “The President extended her best wishes to the entire team for future endeavours, especially for the Gaganyaan Mission,” the post said.
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Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, days after he returned from space. He was accompanied by his Axiom-4 mission crew backup — Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair — along with Group Captain Punyashlok Biswal, ISRO Chairman and Department of Space Secretary Dr. V Narayanan, and Human Space Flight Centre Director Dinesh Kumar Singh.
The President’s Office shared the details of the meeting on X, noting that Shukla recounted his experiences in space. “The President extended her best wishes to the entire team for future endeavours, especially for the Gaganyaan Mission,” the post said.
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Shukla returned to India on August 17 after spending nearly 20 days aboard the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission — becoming the first Indian to set foot on the space station and the second Indian to travel to space, after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.
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