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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla flaunts custom Texas license plate
An Indian American friend arranged the license plate honoring Shukla’s astronaut explorer number.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Thu, 12, Mar 2026
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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla / Shubhanshu Shukla via X
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla recently showed off a custom Texas license plate — “SHUX 634” — secured by his Indian American friend Sreejith, a nod to Shukla’s astronaut call sign and his place in spaceflight history.
Shukla, call-signed 'SHUX' by his Axiom crewmates, flaunted his newly acquired number plate on X and elaborated on the significance of the numbers.
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James DURAISWAMY
2026-03-12 00:00:00
Buy a sports car and put the license plate on it. Then you own the road — everything else is in the rearview mirror.