{"id":259,"date":"2025-08-18T20:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2025-08-18T20:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:23:58","slug":"india-is-proud-of-your-feat-says-pm-modi-to-iaf-group-captain-shubhanshu-shukla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;India is proud of your feat&#8217;, says PM Modi to IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"479\" data-id=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250818425f.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250818425f.png 450w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250818425f-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi, IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Monday met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his successful mission to the International Space Station &#8212; a first ever by an Indian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, which took place at the PM&#8217;s official residence in New Delhi, saw Shukla apprising the Prime Minister of his mission, in which the Indian astronaut played a key role as part of the crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shukla also shared photos clicked from space and also discussed experience with the Prime Minister &#8212; crucial for India\u2019s future space endeavours, especially the Gaganyaan mission &#8212; the country&#8217;s first human spaceflight mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Had a great interaction with Shubhanshu Shukla. We discussed a wide range of subjects, including his experiences in space, progress in science and technology, as well as India&#8217;s ambitious Gaganyaan mission,&#8221; PM Modi shared in a post on social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;India is proud of his feat,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, Shukla became the first Indian to reach the International Space Station (ISS). He returned on July 15, after an 18-day mission, which was packed with several experiments led by ISRO and other activities on the orbital lab. Since then, he has been undergoing rehabilitation in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He returned to India early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his Independence Day address to the nation, PM Modi hailed Shukla&#8217;s mission to the orbital post, stating that Shukla has inspired a billion dreams and taken a significant step in advancing India&#8217;s space ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is back from the International Space Station (ISS). Soon he will return to India. We are working on becoming self-reliant in the space sector, preparing for the launch of Gaganyaan, which is India&#8217;s flagship human spaceflight programme. We will make our own space station,\u201d the Prime Minister said in his address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shukla\u2019s Ax-4 mission, carried out with international partners, was hailed for providing vital experience and strengthening India\u2019s ambitions for its upcoming human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Monday met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his successful mission to the International Space Station &#8212; a first ever by an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-top-news","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}