THE NATION’S MISSION : VISITING SPACE STATION

By Anshika Khera

India’s first astronaut, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to visit  the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission. He described his journey as the nation’s mission.

During a joint press briefing with ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan, Mr Shukla said from his experience that spaceflight was different from ground training and he expressed gratitude to the Indian government,ISRO and researchers for making this mission possible. Mr Shukla during the briefing said,as quoted, “It was entire nation’s mission. The experience is very different from what you learn on ground. It was an unbelievable experience.”

He ,expressing about the mission ,said as quoted,

“My profile in this mission was the mission pilot. There are four seats in the Crew Dragon. I was the mission pilot and I had to work with the commander and interact with the systems of the Crew Dragon. We had to perform the experiments that were conceived, developed and realised by the Indian researchers. And also to perform STEM demonstrations, capture photos and videographs.”