Shubhanshu Shukla, Indian astronaut group captain, calls ISRO officers from Worldwide House Station

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla poses for a photograph with a surprising panoramic view of Earth within the background, within the 7-window Cupola Module of Worldwide House Station (ISS).
| Photograph Credit score: ISRO
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, at present aboard the Worldwide House Station (ISS) as a part of the Axiom-4 mission, had a telephonic dialog with ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan and senior officers of the area company.
The dialog happened on July 6. Through the name, Dr. Narayanan expressed eager curiosity in Group Captain Shukla’s well-being, and inquired in regards to the numerous scientific experiments and actions being performed on the ISS.
The Chairman emphasised the importance of documenting all experiments and actions meticulously after Group Captain Shukla’s return to Earth, as this may present beneficial insights and inputs for the event of India’s human spaceflight program, Gaganyaan.
The Gaganyaan program goals to exhibit India’s functionality to launch a crewed spacecraft into low Earth orbit, and the expertise and data gained from this mission will likely be essential for its success.
Group Captain Shukla’s ISS mission has been executed below the ISRO-Axiom Spaceflight settlement.
Different members within the dialogue included Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director of Vikram Sarabhai House Centre (VSSC) and Chairman of the Program Administration Council for Human House Programme, M. Mohan, Director of Liquid Propulsion Techniques Centre (LPSC), Padmakumar E S, Director of ISRO Inertial Techniques Unit (IISU), M. Ganesh Pillai, Scientific Secretary of ISRO, and N Vedachalam, former Director of LPSC.
These officers too had the chance to work together with Group Captain Shukla in the course of the name, discussing numerous points of the mission and the experiments being performed.
ISRO mentioned that the Indian astronaut expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering him this unbelievable alternative to symbolize India on the ISS. He acknowledged the efforts of Chairman and the crew at ISRO in making certain his secure journey to the ISS.
He shared updates on the progress of the experiments and actions being carried out on the area station, highlighting the scientific goals and the challenges being addressed.
Revealed – July 07, 2025 03:41 pm IST