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India's Shubhanshu Shukla sends new message from space, ‘sleeping a lot, enjoying the view…'
Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday sent another message from space, saying, 'What a ride it was with my fellow astronauts.' He also asserted that though he is sleeping a lot after a hetic ride, he is enjoying the viewfrom up above.
Here's the full message:
Hello everyone, namaskar from the space. I am thrilled to be here with my fellow astronauts, one vetaran andthree rookies. And wow, what a ride it was. Frankly when we were at the launchpad yesterday the only thought in my mind was 'let just go'.
After 30 days of quarantine, it was feeling that I just wanted to go. Then when the flight started it was something. It was an amazing ride. Then suddenly nothing. Everything silent and you are just floating. You unbuckle and keep floating inside balancing the vaccum. An amazing feeling.
Shukla scripted history by embarking on space travel, along with three others from the US, Poland and Hungary, to the International Space Station as part of a commercial mission by Axiom Space.
In the podcast released Wednesday night, Sharma, who had famously said, 'Sare Jehan Se Acha...' during his time in the orbit, said he was a test pilot in the Indian Air Force when the selection happened.
He later retired as wing commander from the IAF.
"Because I was a test pilot when the selection happened.. that time, I was young, I was fit, and I had the qualification, so I was lucky enough to have been chosen. Then, after selection, we moved to Star City, just outside Moscow, for our training.
