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President, PM Extend Best Wishes for Shubhanshu Shukla’s Space Odyssey

INDIA, JUN 25 – Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla leads the fourth private astronaut mission with 60 experiments, including seven Indian-developed ones, marking India's return to human spaceflight after 41 years.

  • Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is on a 28-hour mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket, along with two other astronauts from Poland and Hungary.
  • Indian leaders, including President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have expressed pride in Shukla's achievement and noted that it will lead to new scientific studies.
  • Shukhanshu Shukla is set to become the second Indian in space, following Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma after a gap of 41 years.
  • The President emphasized that the mission will further confirm India's expanding role in global space exploration.
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mid-day broke the news in Mumbai, India on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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