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Indian Express
3 days ago
- Science
- Indian Express
‘Tell them you love them': Shubhanshu Shukla's heartwarming note as he reunites with family after historic ISS mission
Axiom-4 Mission Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla reunited with his family after the successful completion of his 18-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Overwhelmed by the reunion, he shared a heartwarming note on social media urging people to value their loved ones. Sharing pictures of embracing his wife Kamna and hugging his four-year-old child, Shukla expressed that while space flight is amazing, reuniting with loved ones after a long time is equally incredible. 'Space flight is amazing, but seeing your loved ones after a long time is equally amazing,' Shukla wrote. He then said that while he was in strict quarantine for 2 months before the mission, the family visits required being 8 meters apart because of distancing measures, which forced everyone to tell his little one that he had germs on hands in order to prevent physical contact. A post shared by Shubhanshu Shukla (@ 'It has been 2 months since I entered quarantine. During the quarantine family visits we had to be 8 m apart. My little one had to be told that he had germs on his hands and that is why he could not touch his father. Every time he would come for the visit he would ask his mom 'Can I wash my hands?' It was challenging,' he said. The Indian astronaut then said that coming back to Earth and hugging his family felt like 'home'. 'Coming back to Earth and holding my family back in my arms felt like home. Find a loved one today and tell them that you love them. We often get busy in life and forget how important the people in our lives are,' the post read. The world welcomed the return of the Axiom-4 crew to Earth, after the successful completion of their 18-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). After spending 18 days on the ISS, Shukla and his colleagues on the Axiom-4 mission began their 22-hour return journey to Earth on Monday afternoon. The spacecraft took about 20 hours to reach Earth. On its way, it made another few rounds of the Earth, giving the astronauts some more opportunities to view it from space. During their 18-day stay on the ISS, the astronauts completed 288 revolutions of the Earth.
Indian Express
3 days ago
- Science
- Indian Express
Axiom-4 Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla meets family after 18-day mission on ISS
The nation welcomed the return of Axiom-4 Mission Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to Earth, after the successful completion of his 18-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As seen from the images shared on social media, Captain Shukla can be seen hugging his family after meeting them. 'Spaceflight is incredible – but nothing compares to holding your loved ones again,' he shared. After spending 18 days on the International Space Station (ISS), during which he went around the Earth 288 times, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and his colleagues on the Axiom-4 mission began their 22-hour return journey to Earth on Monday afternoon. After spending 433 hours at the ISS, the astronauts moved into their docked spacecraft around 2 pm India time. The preparations for the return journey took over two hours. The automatic undocking procedure that started at around 4:45 pm involved the spacecraft detaching the umbilical that connected it to the command, telemetry and power of the ISS. The spacecraft then released 12 hard capture hooks in two phases, which took around four minutes in total. After that, it moved away from the ISS using a series of engine burns. Their journey back to Earth involves four thrusts by the on-board engines — a departure burn, a phasing burn to lower the orbit, another one to bring it to the required position for entering the Earth's atmosphere, and then a de-orbit burn pushing the spacecraft into the Earth. After re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, the space capsule would be slowed down using parachutes to enable a controlled splashdown at the designated site in the Pacific Ocean.
