In his address, Yogi Adityanath said Shubhanshu Shukla’s achievement has increased the country’s respect and the world has seen India’s strength in the field of space.
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday felicitated Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who returned from the International Space Station, on behalf of the people of the state, where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the Shubhanshu Shukla Scholarship for students pursuing space technology courses.
In his address, Yogi Adityanath said Shubhanshu Shukla’s achievement has increased the country’s respect and the world has seen India’s strength in the field of space. This is not just today’s success for our country but is a part of the legacy that is already present in our genes. This is a demonstration of our country’s incredible talent. Shubhanshu’s experience will prove to be helpful in other missions related to the field of space of our country. Our new generation will learn from his experiences.
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The chief minister further said that this field was untouched by us till now. “The whole world is struggling with climate change. Somewhere it is raining and somewhere it is dry. The crop cycle is getting affected. Lightning also causes loss of life. We can do excellent management in this direction. We have this opportunity in the form of Group Captain Shubhanshu. If we work on the challenges, we can overcome it. Be it flood or drought, we can pave the best way for all these,” he said.
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He said we can also prevent loss of life through early warning system.
Addressing the program, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that while congratulating Shubhanshu Shukla, the whole country is proud of you. This greeting is from the whole state. When you were leaving for space travel, everyone’s eyes were on you. He said that you have inspired the youth of the country to do something too.
Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak said, “Today is a proud day for all of us. Our brother Lucknow’s son is here after taking the tricolor to the highest peak in the world. I congratulate him on behalf of the people of Uttar Pradesh. We all know that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has made unprecedented progress but along with this, there has been a lot of progress in space as well. We all know that Shubhanshu stayed in space for 18 days and did 7 different experiments, which will guide the coming generation.”
He said Shubhanshu studied muscle damage. How muscles are damaged in micro gravity. He also prepared his report on seed germination. Last day he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This mission of Shubhanshu has been a part of the training for India’s Gaganyaan mission to be launched in 2027. Modi has said that Sudhanshu’s experience will do important work for India in the field of space in the coming days.
In his address, Shubhanshu said since he came to Lucknow this morning, he must have taken 2000 selfies. Today he understood why people say, “Muskyriya aap Lucknow me hai”. “The excitement I saw about space this time has convinced me that in times to come, people will talk about ISRO and not NASA. Today, when I came to Lucknow, I was welcomed with open heart, thank you very much for that.”
He said under the mission, he had to stay in the international space for 18 days. During these 18 days, there were many experiments done by Indian scientists. The experiments were prepared by our own scientists. He was doing experiments in space. Our team was sitting here and watching. This is the first time in history that Indian scientists could sit and do experiments.
He said that when they were in space for 18 days, there was interaction with the prime minister and children as well. While he was in space, the children asked him how they can become astronauts, then he felt that even before my return, the children have already been inspired by space.
He said that the environment there is such that there is no air. When they launch the first mission, they will be the fourth country in the world which will have its own technology. The enthusiasm that has arisen on his arrival, they should maintain it. We can use it as a tool like a nation building.
He told the children that, “I think that in 2040 someone will definitely land on the moon. In which you people can also be there. I will be there as a competitor.”
On this occasion, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan said till now, it has been happening in our country that when there is a cricket match, the whole country looks united, but when the space mission was launched and reached the space station, the whole country looked united and celebrated it.
“Shubhanshu was a major part of this mission. It is a matter of pride for us that not only in the field of space, the whole country is moving ahead under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The respect of the country is increasing,” he said.
He also praised CM Yogi Adityanath, saying due to the leadership of CM Yogi, today, they are reading stories of UP’s development. UP is developing rapidly under the leadership of CM Yogi. “We are proud of the contribution made to India’s space mission. We are proud of our education system,” he added.
On the occasion, many ministers and MLAs, including state government’s Science and Technology Minister Anil Kumar, Uttar Pradesh BJP President Bhupendra Chaudhary, Mayor Sushma Kharkwal were present.
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