What is life like in a space station, what do people think about Indian astronauts… Shubhanshu Shukla shared his experiences with PM Modi

In this meeting held at the PM residence, the Prime Minister talked to Shubhanshu about his experience in space-Photo Credit-PMO/X

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to set foot on the International Space Station, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday August 18, 2025 . In this meeting held at the PM residence, the Prime Minister talked to Shubhanshu about his experience in space. Shubhanshu returned to Earth from the space station in July. He told PM Modi about his days and experiences spent on the space station.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to set foot on the International Space Station, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

In this meeting held at the PM residence, the Prime Minister talked to Shubhanshu about his experience in space. Shubhanshu returned to Earth from the space station in July. He told PM Modi about his days and experiences spent at the space station.

Prime Minister: When you people return after such a big journey, you must feel many changes. I want to understand how you feel?

Shubhanshu: When we go up, the environment there is different. There is no gravity. Once you reach space, you can open your seat and move in the same capsule. There is not much space in it but there is a little. Many changes happen after reaching there. Like your heart slows down. But in four-five days your body adjusts to that environment. There you become normal and then when you come back, all the same changes happen again, like you cannot walk no matter how healthy you are. I was absolutely fine but still when I took the first step, I was falling so people held me. The brain takes time to understand the new environment again. The mind has to be trained. There is strength in the body, there is strength in the muscles but the brain has to be rewired. It has to understand again that this is a new environment. Now it will take so much strength to walk in it, it understands this again.