PM Modi meets India's 1st ISS astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla

India Aug 21, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi caught up with Shubhanshu Shukla—the first Indian to visit the International Space Station via the Axiom-4 mission—at his Delhi residence on Monday.
Modi asked Shukla whether he had done the "homework" assigned to him and chatted with him about how the mission played out.

Shukla's mission and India's space journey

Shukla's 18-day trip (June 25-July 15, 2024) included over 60 science experiments and plenty of outreach work.
Modi highlighted how space exploration is key for India's big goals by 2047, urging Shukla to share his story with young people.
The meeting also touched on global excitement around Indian projects like Gaganyaan, showing just how far India's space ambitions have come.