Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the second Indian to undertake a spaceflight, said the prime minister asked in detail about how the mission was executed.
Astronaut and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday spoke about his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after returning to India.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Shukla, who became the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission, said the prime minister asked him first whether he had done the “homework” assigned to him.
“First of all, he (PM Modi) asked me whether I had done my homework or not, that was his very first question. After that, we had a very good discussion about the mission (Axiom-4),” Shukla said, according to PTI.
Shukla, who became the second Indian to undertake a spaceflight, said the prime minister asked in detail about how the mission was executed.
“He asked me in detail how it was executed. Then he gave several directions on how we should utilise space to achieve the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047, how space can be used for nation-building, and what all we can do in this field. He also gave me the responsibility to share this story with children, to excite them, and to show them the possibilities that India is already working on and where they need to aim for in the future,” the Indian astronaut added.
