Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:02am on 11 Apr 2026,Saturday India Global
Indian astronaut-designates, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Air Commodore Balakrishnan Nair, have hailed Artemis II as a “watershed moment” following its successful completion. The mission marked humanity’s first crewed journey beyond low Earth orbit in over 50 years, with astronauts travelling farther from Earth than ever before and safely splashing down after a 10-day lunar flyby. Indian space representatives described it as a shared global achievement that inspires future exploration. They emphasized its significance for India’s own space ambitions, highlighting collaboration under the Artemis Accords and renewed momentum toward human missions to the Moon and beyond. (PC: ISRO)
