Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, at the moment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of the Axiom-4 mission, had a telephonic dialog with ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan and senior officials of the house company.
The dialog happened on July 6. During the decision, Dr. Narayanan expressed eager curiosity in Group Captain Shukla’s well-being, and inquired in regards to the numerous scientific experiments and actions being carried out on the ISS.
The Chairman emphasised the importance of documenting all experiments and actions meticulously after Group Captain Shukla’s return to Earth, as it will present precious 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 might be essential for its success.
Group Captain Shukla’s ISS mission has been executed beneath the ISRO-Axiom Spaceflight settlement.
Other individuals within the dialogue included Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and Chairman of the Program Management Council for Human Space Programme, M. Mohan, Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Padmakumar E S, Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), M. Ganesh Pillai, Scientific Secretary of ISRO, and N Vedachalam, former Director of LPSC.
These officials 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 carried out.
ISRO stated that the Indian astronaut expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering him this unbelievable alternative to characterize India on the ISS. He acknowledged the efforts of Chairman and the staff at ISRO in guaranteeing his protected journey to the ISS.
He shared updates on the progress of the experiments and actions being carried out on the house station, highlighting the scientific targets and the challenges being addressed.
