Group Captain Shukla has accomplished all seven microgravity experiments onboard ISS: ISRO

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s headed again to earth after an 18-day keep on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), has accomplished all seven microgravity experiments.

“Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla has efficiently accomplished all seven microgravity experiments and different deliberate actions, attaining a major milestone within the mission. Experiments on Indian pressure of Tardigrades, Myogenesis, Sprouting of methi and moong seeds, Cyanobacteria, Microalgae, Crop seeds and Voyager Show have been accomplished as deliberate,” ISRO mentioned on Monday (July 14, 2025).

Group Captain Shukla is the primary Indian to succeed in house within the final 41 years.

ISRO had assigned to him a number of microgravity analysis experiments proposed by Indian Principal Investigators (PIs) from numerous nationwide R&D laboratories and tutorial establishments.

Throughout his keep in ISS, Group Captain Shukla additionally spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had a few interactions with the scholar group again dwelling through ham radio.

The Ax-4 analysis complement consists of round 60 scientific research and actions representing 31 international locations, together with the U.S., India, Poland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Nigeria, UAE, and nations throughout Europe.

NASA has mentioned that the Dragon spacecraft is returning with greater than 580 kilos of cargo, together with NASA {hardware} and information from over 60 experiments performed in the course of the mission.