The PRESS Pad

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has returned to Earth after a successful 18-day mission aboard the ISS as part of Axiom Mission 4. His return marks a new chapter in India’s human spaceflight program, including Gaganyaan and the proposed Bhartiya Antariksha Station.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become the first Indian to visit the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission. This article explores the mission’s scientific experiments, its strategic significance for India's human spaceflight programme, and how it strengthens Indo-US space cooperation ahead of ISRO's Gaganyaan.