Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari greeted the people of the country by posting a photo of the Indian national flag at the International Space Station
He recently returned home after a six-month mission at the ISS
The photograph also shows Earth in the background
“On Indian Independence eve I’m reminded of Indian diaspora that I could see from @Space_Station where my immigrant father’s home town of Hyderabad shines bright
@nasa is just 1 place Indian Americans make a difference every day. Looking forward to @IndianEmbassyUS celebration,” he said in the tweet
Chari was among the four astronauts aboard a SpaceX spacecraft that safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, in May
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
His father, Sreenivas V Chari, came to the United States from Hyderabad at a young age to earn an engineering degree and carve a successful career for himself