After a historic 18-day sojourn to the Worldwide House Station (ISS), astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is prone to return to India throughout the week when the nation will rejoice the 78th Independence Day.
Shukla, who piloted the Axiom-4 mission, and his three crew mates : mission commander Peggy Whitson, and mission specialists Tibor Kapu and Slawosz Uznanski, returned to Earth on Wednesday. Following a picture-perfect splashdown off the California coast, the crew have been ferried on a chopper to Houston for medical examination, mission debriefing and different procedures.
The Indian Specific has discovered from dependable sources on the Division of House (DoS) that Group Captain Shukla is anticipated to reach on August 14 or two-three days later.
“He’s anticipated to reach in New Delhi. There are plans to rearrange a grand reception for Group Captain Shukla within the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” an official stated.
On Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu and PM Modi had put out congratulatory messages to Shukla on social media platform ‘X’, welcoming him again to Earth after the profitable mission.
In the meantime, Uznanski of Poland representing the European House Company (ESA) reached Cologne Bonn in Germany on Thursday. He’ll endure post-space mission debriefing and different obligatory actions within the subsequent few days.
In the meantime, Union minister Jitendra Singh stated Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is anticipated to reach in India by August 17 following a sequence of post-mission procedures.
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“There are particular SOPs to be adopted… His rehabilitation, debriefing periods and a sequence of discussions with Workforce ISRO. We’d anticipate him in Delhi by August 17,” Singh informed PTI video. Calling the mission “unprecedented”, Singh stated the experiments performed by Shukla throughout his keep within the orbital laboratory have been intently linked to human survival and life in microgravity. “These experiments might be helpful not only for Indians, however for all of humanity,” he stated. “It’s a second of immense pleasure for India,” he stated.
(With PTI inputs)