New Delhi, July 15, 2025 (ANI): Former Director General of DRDO, William Selvamurthy said, "... It's a great moment for us... Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla has inspired the young minds, which will propel the Indian space mission to a newer pinnacle of achievements. It is a historic milestone of spending 18 days in the International Space Station as the first Indian and the second Indian in space... The mission objective has been achieved, and it has safely landed on the southern coast of California... We will be looking forward to knowing his experience and knowledge, which will go into the Gaganyaan mission of India, which is going to happen in 2027..."
00:00Welcome back Group Captain Shubhanshi Shuklaji and also the other three crew members of the Axiom 4.
00:09And it's a great moment for us, the 1.4 billion people of our country welcoming with cheers as well as jubilation
00:18and the inspiration Group Captain Shukla has made on the minds of the young people which will propel India.
00:27The Indian Space Mission to a newer pinnacle of achievements in the years to come.
00:33So it's a very historic moment today after completing the historic milestone of spending 18 days in International Space Station
00:42being the first Indian to be in International Space Station and also second Indian to be in space after the Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.
00:52So it's a great moment for us. And he has also piloted the whole program of Axiom 4.
00:58This is yet another pinnacle for India that our Group Captain Shubhanshi Shukla has piloted the Axiom 4 mission
01:06which has successfully been completed. The mission objectives have been achieved and then safely landed in the southern coast of California.
01:15And we are all looking forward to see him soon and then learn more about his experience.
01:22How did he experience in space? What are his leadership qualities manifestation in the operational part of the Axiom 4 mission as a pilot?
01:32So these are all will be learning experience in addition to the experiments which he has carried out during the 18 days.
01:39So we will be looking forward to this wealth of knowledge, information, experience which will go into the application in the Gaganyan mission of India
01:49which is going to happen in the next two years.
01:512027 it is already slated and we are all looking forward to the Indian space mission which will happen through Gaganyan
02:01and our Gaganyatri will get into space and then subsequently this will lead to establishing our own international space station
