Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday talked to Shubhanshu Shukla, who is currently aboard the International Space Station as a part of the Axiom-4 mission. During the interaction, Shukla talked about various experiments being done in space.
Responding to how space differs from Earth, Shukla explained that everything in space feels different from the training on the ground. He added that his feet were tied while speaking to Prime Minister Modi; otherwise, he would start floating.
鈥淓verything is different here. We trained for a year and I learnt about different systems鈥ut after coming here, everything changed鈥ere, even small things are different because there is no gravity in space鈥leeping here is a big challenge鈥t takes some time to get used to this environment,鈥 he added.
#WATCH | During his interaction with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, PM Modi asks him about the conditions in space and how he is adapting to it.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla says, 鈥淓verything is different here. We trained for a year and I learnt about different鈥 pic.twitter.com/Vlpd54sXa2
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Earlier, Group Captain Shukla had described the launch as 鈥渕agical鈥 and reflected on his journey.
鈥淚 am thrilled to be here with my fellow astronauts 鈥 what a ride it was. Honestly, as I sat in the capsule 鈥楪race鈥 on the launchpad yesterday after 30 days of quarantine, all I could think was: just go. When the launch finally happened, it was something else entirely. You鈥檙e pushed back into the seat鈥揳nd then suddenly, there鈥檚 silence. You鈥檙e just floating in the vacuum, and it鈥檚 magical,鈥 he said.
Notably, Shukla is the first Indian to go on International Space Station.