Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first astronaut group of India’s second and international space station (ISS) to enter space, will return to India on Sunday (August 17, 2025). They have left for India from America. Before sitting on the plane, he posted a smiling picture sitting in an airplane on ‘Instagram’ and wrote, ‘I am sitting in the plane to return to India.’

Captain Shubhanshu Shukla posted and wrote, ‘To come back to India, many kinds of feelings are awake in my heart as soon as I sit in the plane. I am sad to leave those magnificent people who have been my friends and family during this mission for the last one year. I am also excited to meet all my friends, family and all the people of the country for the first time after the mission. I think this is life- everything together ‘.

What did Captain Shubhanshu say about the mission?

Talking about the mission, Shubhanshu wrote, ‘After the love and support met during the mission and after that, I am eager to come back to India and share my experiences with all of you. It is difficult to say goodbye, but we should keep moving forward in life.

She further wrote that as my commander Paigi Whitson loves with love that space is the only stable thing change in flight. I believe that this thing also applies to life. I guess at the end of the day, ‘Like this, Chal Rahi- Jeevan is the time wheel’.

Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will meet PM Modi after returning to India

Let us know that Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has been training in America for the Acom-4 mission for ISS for the last one year. He is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and travel to his hometown Lucknow immediately after that. Also, on 22-23 August, Shubhanshu will return to the capital to participate in the National Space Day celebrations.

Addressing the 79th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (August 15, 2025) that India is developing its space station and reminded that Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has returned from a space mission.

Captain Shubhanshu was part of Axiom-4

Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Axiom-4 was part of the private space mission, which left Florida on 25 June and reached the International Space Station on 26 June. He returned to Earth on 15 July. Three other astronauts- Pagi Whitson (America), Slavose Uznansky-Visnivsky (Poland) and Tibor Kapu (Hungary), Shukla held more than 60 experiments and 20 outreach sessions during the 18-day mission.

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