In a pep talk with students in Meghalaya, astronaut told them through ham radio from space station to pursue their dreams relentlessly. He promised them guidance once he is back.
Group Capt Shukla, first Indian to go to International Space Station, will pilot a team including Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu.
As part of the mission, Shubhanshu Shukla becomes the second Indian to go to space after Rakesh Sharma and will also soon become the first Indian on the International Space Station.
Shukla will pilot the Ax4 Mission to International Space Station on 10 June, and will be the first Indian to visit & conduct research on the Space Station in its 25 years of existence.
Shukla, Nair & 2 others are astronaut designates for Gaganyaan mission. For India-US Axiom-4, US’ Peggy Whitson, Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski, Hungary’s Tibor Kapu will also be part of crew.
Training footage released by ISRO reveals aspects of survival training, parabolic weightlessness, extreme g-force simulation, psychological tests, and more.
Captain Prasanth Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla are undergoing training for India's maiden human space flight.
On 1 February 2003, Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian woman to fly to space, was just minutes away from landing on Earth aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. It was already too late.
A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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