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**Summary:**

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), interacted with approximately 70 students in India via ham radio. He described his journey to the ISS, the docking process, his experiences living and conducting experiments on the station, and challenges like sleeping in zero gravity. The interaction was facilitated by the Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) program.

**News Article:**

**Indian Astronaut Connects with Students from Space Station via Ham Radio**

Bengaluru, July 5, 2025 – Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian astronaut currently serving aboard the International Space Station (ISS), engaged with a group of approximately 70 students at the U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. The ten-minute interaction, facilitated by the Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) program, allowed students to ask questions about Gp Capt. Shukla’s journey to space and his life on the orbiting laboratory.

Gp Capt. Shukla, who arrived at the ISS after a 28-and-a-half-hour journey aboard the ISS Dragon spacecraft following his launch on June 25th from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, described the docking process as “very, very exciting.”

“One-and-a-half days (journey to the ISS) and thereafter you get to see the ISS… It was very exciting to see and the entire process of how the capsule approaches the station and then positions itself right in line with the docking port and thereafter goes ahead and docks into the port,” he explained.

He also shared insights into his daily routine and the experiments he is conducting on the ISS, as well as the unique challenges of living in zero gravity, mentioning the need to secure sleeping bags while sleeping.

The Axiom-4 mission, of which Gp Capt. Shukla is a part, is scheduled to last 14 days. The interaction provided students with a rare opportunity to learn firsthand about space travel and scientific research in orbit.

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