California, July 15: Group Captain and ISRO astronaut Subhanshu Shukla, who spent 18 days at the International Space Station conducting more than 60 scientific experiments and became the first Indian to visit the center, touched down safely today. The Space-X Dragon spacecraft named ‘Grace’, which was part of the Axiom-4 space mission that separated from the International Space Station yesterday and carried 4 astronauts, had orbited the Earth for 1 day and slowed down. Today, the spacecraft landed on the coast of the western part of the USA, California, with the help of parachutes, at 2:30 am (3 pm Indian time). At this time, the speed of the spacecraft was approximately 25 km per hour. NASA and SpaceX rescue crews then safely brought the spacecraft aboard.
NASA astronaut Commander Peggy, then pilot Subhanshu, and European Space Agency astronauts Slavoj and Tibor, who were part of the Axium-4 project, safely exited the spacecraft. As a precautionary measure, these 4 astronauts will be subjected to medical checks and will be kept in a ‘quarantine’ center for a few days. Here they will try to adapt to Earth’s gravity.
While Subhanshu and the other 3 astronauts were in the International Space Station, the center orbited the Earth 322 times and covered 13.9 million km.
This achievement of Subhanshu has filled crores of Indians with joy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared on his X account that the knowledge gained through this project will be helpful for ISRO's upcoming Gaganyaan project.
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