New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla arrived back in India early Sunday following his landmark journey to the International Space Station (ISS).

After spending the past year in the US training for the Axiom-4 mission, Shukla was greeted at the airport by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan.

India's space glory touches Indian soil... as the iconic son of Mother India, #Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla, lands in Delhi in the early hours of this morning. Accompanying him, another equally accomplished Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, one of the astronauts selected for India's first human mission Gaganyaan, who was India's designated backup for the mission to the ...