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Namaste from Space: Shubhanshu Shukla takes tricolour to the ISS, becomes second Indian in orbit

Namaste from Space: Shubhanshu Shukla takes tricolour to the ISS, becomes second Indian in orbit

by Charu Thakur | Jun 27, 2025

(June 27, 2025) “Namaste from Space,” that’s how astronaut and Indian Air Force officer Shubhanshu Shukla greeted from the SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. “What a ride! We have returned to space after a gap of 41 years and what an amazing...
Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla: Meet the second Indian to travel to space

Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla: Meet the second Indian to travel to space

by Charu Thakur | Aug 15, 2024

(August 15, 2024) It was in the April of 1984 that Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma along with two cosmonauts from the Soviet Union (flight engineer Gennady Strekalov and commander Yury Malyshev) flew on board Soyuz T-11 to the space station Salyut 7. This historic moment...

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