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New Delhi . Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla said on Friday that he and the fellow astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) enjoyed the cuisine of ‘Mango Ras’, ‘Carrot Ka Halwa’, ‘Moong Dal Pudding’ and other countries. Shukla reached ISS on 26 June under Axiom-4 Mission. He completed a week at the space station and took a day off, which he spent on earth with his family and friends.

Earth’s 113 rounds in a day
The crew consists of Shukla and three other astronauts in the Axiom-4 (X-4) crew. He performed 113 revolutions of the Earth till 3 July, under which a distance of more than 40.66 lakh kilometers was covered. It is about 12 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Shukla said in a brief conversation with scientists at the URSC (UR Rao Satellite Center) in Bangalore on the ‘HAM’ radio connection, “It was a good moment. We got food from different countries and we shared it with all the members. ‘

Shubhanshu Shukla made a record
On Thursday, Shukla became the longest Indian astronaut in space. He broke Rakesh Sharma’s record, who spent seven days, 21 hours and 40 minutes in space under the Soviet Intercosmos program in 1984. Till Thursday, Shukla has spent nine days in space. He said that the most exciting part of the mission was to see Earth from the international space station. Shukla said that working with people from different countries was also an exciting experience.

Sharing his experience of launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shukla said, “The rocket launch was very dynamic, it was very fast. As you go upwards, you move rapidly and accelerate (the rate of change in the velocity of the object) was quite high. ”The Axiaom-4 mission has experienced astronaut Peggy Whitson Commander, Shukla Pilot and Poland’s astronauts Slavos Slavos Uznansky-Vicskey and Hungarian astronaut Tibor. A statement by the ‘Axiom Space’ states that in just seven days, the Axiaom-4 astronauts have contributed significantly to scientific research.

According to the statement, ‘Whitson has done research on cancer using microgravity (weightlessness or zero gravity), so that it can be studied how tumor cells behave in space, this work is helping to develop new medical goals for metastatic cancer.’ The statement said, “Shukla is experimenting that will reveal how microgravity affects the development and genetic behavior of algae and how to live and breed in tardigrade, rigid micro -organisms, space.”

The findings of the experiments conducted by Shukla can provide new information about the cellular molecular system, which can be converted into a medically relevant knowledge on Earth. Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said in a post on ‘X’, ‘This is a moment of pride for India, as our Indian Air Force Officer has become the first Indian military astronaut to visit the international space station under the Axiaom Mission 4. He is the first Indian to go to space after 40 years…. ‘

Shukla said, ‘Agencies such as NASA, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), SpaceX, Axiom, ESA (European Space Agency), JXA (Japanese Recruitment Explosives Agency) have all come together to make this mission a success. Shukla is on a 14-day mission on ISS under the joint project of ISRO-NASA.