Magical journey onboard Space Station: Shux's homecoming message

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the Axiom-4 Mission pilot, is preparing to return to Earth after spending nearly two-and-a-half weeks onboard the International Space Station (ISS). In his farewell message on Sunday, Shux, as he is fondly called by his crewmates, thanked his colleagues as well as the ISS crew for making his stay at the orbiting laboratory memorable.

"It was a magical journey onboard the ISS," Shux said.

He also spoke about the experiments the Axiom-4 crew carried out on the Space Station and their implications for mankind. Taking a leaf out of his ideal Rakesh Sharma's book, Shux said that from space, India looks confident, fearless, ambitious, proud, and above all, Saare Jahaan Se Accha.

Shubhanshu Shukla reached the ISS along with his Axiom-4 crewmates on a Falcon-9 rocket.