Rest is needed, but sleeping is a challenge: Shux tells Bengaluru students from ISS

Six days after interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Group Captain and now astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (call sign Shux) engaged with a group of curious Bengaluru students from aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

- BOSKY KHANNA @Bengaluru

In a lively 12-minute interaction via HAM Radio-organised by Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) and AMSET-Shux responded to both technical and personal questions. The session was facilitated through a telebridge contact between Bengaluru and Maryland, USA.

The event was hosted at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, where excitement among students and faculty was evident. Their energy was mirrored by Shux, who became the first Indian astronaut to interact with Indian students from the ISS on two consecutive days. While he had spoken to students in Thiruvananthapuram on July 3, Friday's interaction was his first through HAM radio. A second HAM session is scheduled with students in Shillong on July 8.