After the takeoff, in a special message from Dragon spacecraft, Shukla said in Hindi, "Namaskar mere deshwasiyon. After 41 years, we are back in space. And what a magnificent journey it was.

The Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who made history as the first Indian to step aboard the International Space Station (ISS), said that his arrival at the space station marks India’s first ...