India, Aug. 23 -- India is now "rubbing shoulders" with developed nations in space technology, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman V Narayanan said on Saturday, commending the successful International Space Station (ISS) mission of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla.

Speaking at the National Space Day 2025 event, Narayanan hailed the expedition as a major achievement for the space agency. He also gave credit to the three other astronauts, Prashanth Nair, Angad Prathap and Ajit Krishnan, for their contributions.

"One of the major achievements we have is sending our own Gaganyatri to the ISS. It was the idea of the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) to send one of the Gaganyatris to ISS before sending them through our rocket... We sho...