Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Saturday, who is aboard the International Space Station. Mr Modi said, You are farthest from India but closest to Indians’ heart and your journey marks the auspicious beginning of a new era. He said, Parikrama has been a centuries-old tradition in India, and you have been blessed with the rare opportunity to perform the parikrama of Mother Earth. Mr Modi extended his heartfelt congratulations and wished Captain Shukla for his mission.
Captain Shukla said, he has learnt a lot during his training saying that his journey is a collective achievement for the entire country. He asked youths that sky is never the limit. He said, India is progressing at a swift pace and it will have its own stations in space. Captain Shukla said, when he saw India for the first time from space, India looks very grand and much bigger than what we see on the map.
On Wednesday, Axiom-4 mission, carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla was launched from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, United States. Captain Shukla is the second Indian astronaut, who has travelled to space, four decades after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma made the cosmic journey as part of a Soviet mission in 1984.
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