Shubhanshu Shukla Down To Earth, India Flies High In Space Odyssey
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With this space trip, Shukla became the first Indian to travel to the ISS and only the second to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s pathbreaking spaceflight Shubhanshu Shukla Return LIVE Updates : Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others from the Axiom-4 mission made a safe landing in the ocean near San Diego on Tuesday afternoon after a 22.5-hour journey from the International Space Station, where they spent 18 days. Following a series of orbital manoeuvres after undocking, the Dragon spacecraft splashed down near the coast of California. The astronauts began their return journey to Earth on Monday as the Dragon Grace spacecraft undocked from the ISS. Shukla and three others, Axiom 4 (Ax-4) crew Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialists Slawosz “Suave" Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu embarked on the space odyssey on June 25 from Florida and docked at the ISS on June 26. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Shukla has inspired a billion dreams through his...