India 4th Nation With Space Docking Capability: Modi
PM unveils astronaut pool plan, hails ISS tricolour moment, and highlights India’s strides in advanced space technologies.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has become the fourth country in the world with the capability of docking and undocking in space.
Modi recalled his recent meeting with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the first Indian to visit International Space Station (ISS) in June this year. Prime Minister said that Indian astronaut made the nation proud by hoisting the tricolour on the International Space Station.
“The moment, the feeling when he was showing me the tricolour, is beyond words,” he said. “In my discussion with Group Captain Shubhanshu, I have seen the immense courage and infinite dreams of the youth of the new India,” he added.
He announced the preparation of an “astronaut pool” and invited young Indians to join it to help fulfill the nation’s space aspirations.
