PM Modi Shubhanshu Meet: What happened between PM Modi and Shubhanshu? The Prime Minister himself shared the video

Posted on 19th Aug 2025 by rohit kumar

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the pilot of the Axiom-4 space mission for the International Space Station (ISS), met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. During this, they had a very long, detailed, and interesting conversation. PM Modi shared a 10-minute video related to this on his social media platform 'X' on Tuesday. During the meeting, Prime Minister Modi told astronaut Shukla that your experience will be valuable for our Gaganyaan mission. We need a group of 40-50 astronauts for India's space missions. Regarding this, Shubhanshu told the Prime Minister that there is a lot of interest worldwide in India's Gaganyaan mission.

 

First of all, some important points were highlighted in the video, in which Shubhanshu discussed India's potential. PM Modi also asked Shubhanshu about the homework that he had assigned to the Group Captain during the last conversation. PM Modi also inquired about the use of moong and fenugreek with Shubhanshu. During this, Shubhanshu told that during the mission, his colleagues took a signature from him that whenever your Gaganyaan mission goes, you will definitely invite us.

 

Food at the space station is a big challenge

 

During the conversation, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said, 'Food at the space station is a big challenge; there is less space, and the goods are expensive. You always try to pack as many calories and nutrients as possible in the least space. Experiments are going on in every way.

 

People are more excited about Gaganyaan than me

 

He said, 'Wherever I went, whomever I met, everyone was very happy to meet me, very excited. The biggest thing was that everyone knew what India was doing in the field of space. Everyone knew about this, and there were many people who were more excited about Gaganyaan than me, who were coming and asking me when your mission was starting.'

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