Nostalgia Hard Hit: 41 years later, Rakesh Sharma’s ‘Saare Jahan Se Acha’, Shubhanshu Shukla called India ‘royal’ from space. Bharat News
New Delhi: India saw a Deja Wu Pal on Saturday, when Axiom-4 Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the International Space Station and claimed that “India looks really royal from space”41 years ago, the first Indian to enter space, astronaut Rakesh Sharma said that “Surrey Jahan to Acha Hindustan Hamara”, when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked him how India looks from space.Sharma was part of the Soviet Union’s Soyuz T -11 campaign, which was launched on 2 April 1984. The astronaut spoke to Indira Gandhi with space during a joint television news conference, including officials in Moscow.
Shukla took one step forward and declared the message of “unity” and “unity in diversity”.“The thing that was really standing outside, when I first saw India from space. India actually looks like a royal and very big that we see on the map. Talking with PM Modi, Shukla said that the Earth that Earth gives is a very essence of our motto ‘unity in unity’, when seen from above, “Shukla said.He said, “There is a feeling that boundaries are not really present, the states are not present, the countries are not present in that scene. Finally, we are all part of humanity, and the earth is our shared house. We are all its citizens,” he said.During the conversation, Shukla also said that this journey belongs to the whole nation, not her.“Thank you, PM Modi, for the wishes of your wishes and 140 million Indians. I am fine and safe here. I feel very good, this is a new experience … This journey is not only mine but the journey of the whole nation,” Shukla said.He said, “Under your leadership, today’s India provides many opportunities to fulfill its dreams … I am very proud to represent India here,” he said.Dragon capsules carrying the AXIOM-4 (AX-4) crew including Group Captain Shukla on Thursday successfully docked with the International Space Station, marking a historic milestone, which was the first to reach the laboratory revolving as an Indian.After the historic mission of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, riding in Soviet Soyuz T -11, Shukla is the first Indian to cross the ‘Karman Line’ over 41 years.The spacecraft completed the soft docking at 16: 02 IST, with full docking 16:16 IST. The NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was launched a day earlier, Capsules followed a standard 28-hour dragon mission profile, executing a range of exact class exercises as it chased the ISS, a regular flight for capsules, but a regular flight, but a historic moment for Indian Spaceflight history.
