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Shubhanshu Shukla and Axiom-4 crew to begin journey back to earth
NF Times
|July 15, 2025
After an 18-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others of the commercial Axiom-4 mission are setting off on a return journey to Earth on Monday. Shukla, who became the second Indian astronaut to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma's 1984 odyssey, will board Dragon spacecraft at around 2 pm IST and embark on the return journey two hours later.
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"Undocking from the ISS is scheduled for no earlier than 6:05 am CT (4:35 pm IST)," Axiom Space said in a statement. "After a 22.5-hour journey back to Earth, the crew is expected to splash down off the coast of California at approximately 4:31 am CT (3:01 pm IST on Tuesday)," it added.
On Sunday, the Expedition's 73 astronauts organised a traditional farewell ceremony for the Axiom-4 crew comprising Shukla, commander Peggy Whitson, and mission specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
The Axiom-4 mission marked the return to space for India, Poland and Hungary after over four decades.
"Jaldi hi dharti pe mulaqat karte hai (we will meet on earth soon)," Shukla said at the farewell ceremony onboard the ISS on Sunday.
This story is from the July 15, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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