00:00Members of the AX4 crew.
00:07There's no real order to the egress.
00:09It's really up to the crew.
00:11So we're patiently waiting to see who's up next.
00:14Right.
00:24If Peggy is in the indication, which I think she is for this particular crew,
00:28we'll see another big smile.
00:30Coming out of the Dragon spacecraft in a moment.
00:35Down the slide again, similar process of coming down the slide,
00:39and then we'll be assisted by the personnel on ground
00:42to get up on his feet.
00:44Now, safe to say he, because Peggy Whitson has already...
00:46There you have it.
00:47Group captain Shukla, all smiles, waving at the people.
00:51A little help there for him as he walks out, getting used to gravity.
00:56Amazing to see them.
00:57Amazing to see them.
00:58You see him smiling, waving at the cameras.
01:00Good to know.
01:01I think all of us were a little anxious if he's doing okay.
01:03Amazing to see.
01:05And look at his parents there.
01:06It gives you a goosebumps to see them applauding.
01:08That's the first time they see him back on Earth.
01:11So they'll be relieved to see that moment of him smiling beautiful.
01:16His mother's actually waving at the screens, hoping, I'm sure, that her son can see how proud she is.
01:21But he's come out, he's waving, he's doing good, which is great to see.
01:26He's now being taken to a point where there will be medical checks that are conducted.
01:30Group captain Shukla with the tricolor, mind you.
01:33Not sure if you noticed, we'll play that footage for you again of him coming out, tricolor on his sleeve,
01:38which is amazing to see because it again reiterates for us what a moment this is.
01:42Let's cut across live.
01:43Group captain Shukla is out of the dragon capsule.
02:06Next, you're going to see Wozanowski as well as Tibor Kapoor coming out.
02:11Listen in.
03:13We have our third crew member now egressing the vehicle.
03:31All smiles for this, which I love to see.
03:34It is wonderful to see all of them happy, safe and the fact that they are standing back on their feet, one can only imagine how difficult it is.
03:46And most importantly they are seeing faces outside of themselves, outside of what they have seen for the past 18 days.
03:53They see different faces and that sense of achievement, that sense of achievement not just of concluding a successful mission,
04:01but returning back home safe, of course they know they have to go through that rehabilitation program,
04:07which is extremely crucial for the change that their bodies go through of what it was like being in space and now back on Earth to be in gravity.
04:17So it of course can be hugely disorienting, but these are trained astronauts, they know every bit of it.
04:25You know Akshita, no matter how much of it you know it.
04:28It's only when it happens to you is when the realization of, you know, it really dawns upon.
04:34And so the third astronaut is out, Subhanshu Shukla came out, all smiles.
04:39And this is how we are, Indians are expressive, but so is the case with all the astronauts.
04:45So far three astronauts who have exited off the Dragon capsule and of course the fourth one who will be brought out.
04:53That's right, on the left of your screen is that moment, in case you missed it, of when Group Captain Shukla emerged from the Dragon capsule,
05:01sliding out as every astronaut was, and right after that being helped up onto his feet, very gingerly walking,
05:09because it's essentially like, you know, a baby learning to walk again.
05:13That's how these astronauts will feel, getting used to gravity again.
05:16But it's good to see that they are on their feet.
05:18They spent just about 16 days in space, and that's why it's taking a bit of time for them to take those steps for Group Captain Shukla too.
05:26But mentally seeming to be very confident, very sure of what's happening, which is good to see.
05:32A thumbs up, a wave at the cameras there, I'm sure that's a wave that he's doing okay to everyone back home.
05:40A message that all is well, and I'm sure that's what his parents were watching out for.
05:46The right of his screens, the live images right there of the last astronaut who's come out, Tibor Kapu of Hungary being the last one of the lot.
05:56Looks to be doing the best also, considering he's not just a thumbs up, but actually going ahead with a photo op with the crew there.
06:04But Tibor Kapu is the last astronaut to be pulled out, and that's the end of that.
06:10We've got all the astronauts who have been pulled out now with that.
06:14The Dragon capsule that they referred to as home for the last 22 hours comes to an end.
06:19They're back home, back on planet Earth, Group Captain Shukla.
06:23And we'll go full again to those images of Group Captain Shukla on the left of your screens the exact moment.
06:29This was from just about five minutes ago when you had Group Captain Shukla emerging from the Dragon capsule.
06:35Let's go full now on Group Captain Shukla with all of the astronauts having emerged out of the capsule.
06:40Let's just focus on that picture of Shukla as he came out of the capsule.
06:45All smiles, waving at the cameras. I'm sure to send across a message back home, Suisha, that he's doing just fine.
06:52Oh, yes, absolutely. And what a moment it is, Akshita.
06:56And you were there. You were there in America. You were covering this moment. There was a delay initially.
07:02In fact, you and I were talking and I asked you many a times that how much could this delay extend to.
07:09But fact is that safety and taking every precaution is priority.
07:14And that is exactly what the crew was working on.
07:17Then after the delay, we saw that it finally took off.
07:21And, of course, that big moment when we realized how big a mission it is of what it is set to achieve.
07:28And these 14 days of how crucial it is for the Axiom 4 crew to be in space, to perform all those 60 experiments and much more.
07:38Because this is a mission that eventually extended to 18 days. After 18 days, they've come back 22 hours.
07:4422 hours that they have been in that cramped space inside this Dragon capsule.
07:49It's not easy for any of us to anyway pull through a flight that long and to be in those spacesuits, to sit through those 22 hours and now come out smiling.
07:59I mean, I can imagine it is a whirlpool of emotions, seeing so many faces after your back from this mission, knowing that you have achieved what you were set out to achieve.
08:10And now, of course, while very many targets lie ahead of them, and most importantly for Shubhanshu Shukla, who will be in Delhi on the 17th of August,
08:20is when he will also be meeting all the ISTRA officials, planning for the next mission start.
08:27But here it is, a big thumbs up to all of them for having performed this mission successfully.
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