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At stamp release for human spaceflight programme, Shukla lauds ISRO as a “beacon of aspiration” and expresses hope for India’s own crewed space missions soon

Group Captain Shukla was speaking at a panel discussion on bilateral space policy on the final day of the US-India Space Business Forum.

President Murmu approves gallantry honours for 70 personnel; Shukla flew to the space station on the Axiom-4 mission, becoming only the second Indian in space.

The Shaurya Chakra is India's third-highest peacetime gallantry award after the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra.

“I didn’t know about being an astronaut when I was growing up, and had never thought I would become one," he said.

Around 550 students from 19 schools in Bengaluru, Kuhstagi and Hassan districts interacted and asked questions.