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Well Deserved : Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Conferred With Nation’s Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award, Ashoka Chakra
In June last year, Shubhanshu Shukla became the second Indian to have gone to space and the first to visit the ISS as part of the historic Axiom-4 mission. His 18-day space odyssey came 41 years after cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Russian Soyuz-11 space mission.
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President Droupadi Murmu conferred India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashoka Chakra, to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS).
The President presented the award to Shubhanshu Shukla at the Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path, the centrepiece boulevard of the national capital.
In June last year, Shubhanshu Shukla became the second Indian to have gone to space and the first to visit the ISS as part of the historic Axiom-4 mission. His 18-day space odyssey came 41 years after cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Russian Soyuz-11 space mission.
Shubhanshu Shukla served as pilot for the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station and left an indelible mark on India’s remarkable advancements in human space exploration.
After the successful space mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became a household name as his contribution during the mission, including the conduct of sophisticated experiments, received recognition from global space experts.