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NEW DELHI: Shubhanshu Shukla hailed the Artemis II launch on Thursday which sent 4 astronauts around the Moon, while recalling his humbling experience of “standing on those very grounds for the first time”.“I remember standing on those very grounds for the first time, feeling humbled by what it represents. It is the same ground from…
Shubhanshu Shukla reveals how astronauts stay fresh in space (Image source: Wikipedia) Shubhanshu Shukla in his recent X post, continuing the series following his insights on his journey in space, describes what follows astronauts getting ready in the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla is the first Indian to visit the ISS and only the second…
BENGALURU: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s second astronaut and the first from the country to have stayed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has termed the Ashok Chakra – India’s highest peacetime military decoration – as a collective blessing from the people of India.After the formal announcement on Sunday, Shux, as he is fondly known…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday awarded group captain Shubhanshu Shukla – who became the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station – with Ashoka Chakra — India’s highest peacetime gallantry award.Shukla spent 18 days in space and became the second Indian to have gone to space and the first to visit…
Shux utilizes a microscope to conduct research in the Destiny Lab on ISS. Pic Credit-Nasa Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s (Shux) 20-day mission to the International Space Station earlier this year gave India a rare, first-hand view into how the world’s most complex engineering project functions on an ordinary day—and how it copes when things are…
Shubhanshu Shukla says commute to reach tech summit took 3x his speech duration BENGALURU: Astronaut and IAF group captain Shubhanshu Shukla opened his session at Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025 Thursday with a wry comment about the city’s infamous traffic: “I travelled from the other side of Bengaluru – Marathahalli – and spent three times the…
New Delhi: India’s celebrated astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said with a smile on Tuesday that the “homework given by PM Narendra Modi ‘pura hua hai, chal raha hai, aur badta hi ja raha hai’ (has been completed, yet it is still going on as the scope of the homework is increasing by the day)”….
Astronaut Shubhashu Shukla (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Astronaut and group captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday said the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India’s upcoming space station, will be launched soon.“Plans are in place, teams are working, and the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station will be launched soon,” Shukla said at…
For most of us, the rhythm of day and night is constant, defined by sunrise and sunset. But for astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first spacefarer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the Axiom-4 mission, that rhythm was dramatically altered. Instead of the familiar cycle of sunrises and sunsets seen from orbit, Shukla encountered a…
