What India gained from Shubhanshu Shukla's historic space mission

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Shubhanshu Shukla has made history as the first Indian to live and work aboard the International Space Station and only the second Indian to travel into space, following Rakesh Sharma's 1984 mission.

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00:00Subhansha Shupna, the Indian astronaut, has officially returned to Earth after a landmark

00:07space mission with Exeum Space and NASA. But did you know India paid over 500 crore on this mission?

00:14But why did India send him? This mission is India's entry ticket into future of global

00:19commercial spaceflight. We're not just launching rockets anymore, we're training astronauts to live

00:25and work in international space stations. Because that's where the real game is going.

00:30Exeum's mission wasn't just a ride along, it was real training, real research, real tech exposure,

00:37for India to prepare for human spaceflight and beyond. Shukla underwent two years of rigorous

00:44NASA-level astronaut training. But why? Because India plans to send astronauts into orbit regularly,

00:50build our own space station by 2035, and become a leader in space medicine, satellite tech,

00:58and international crew missions. So that 500 crore on this mission wasn't just a cost,

01:04it was an investment in experience, in global collaboration, in future missions like Gaganyan

01:10and India's own space station. Subhansha Shukla is now part of a select global league. And India?

01:16India just proved we're not just watching space exploration, we're building the future of it.

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