Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla on monitor to re enter Earth’s environment and splash down at present: SpaceX
Axiom-4 mission, that includes Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Crewmates — veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson (U.S.) as commander, Polish engineer Sławosz Uznański, and Hungarian researcher Tibor Kapu pose for an image forward of undocking from the Worldwide Area Station, on July 13, 2025. Photograph: X/@NASA through ANI Video Seize
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and his Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew members who departed from the orbiting laboratory on Tuesday (July 14, 2025) onboard the SpaceX Dragon are on monitor to re-enter the Earth’s environment and splash down off the coast of San Diego at 3.01 p.m. IST (2:31 a.m. P.T).
The Elon Musk-founded aerospace firm mentioned that the Dragon can even announce its arrival with a quick sonic growth previous to splashing down within the Pacific Ocean.
“Dragon and the @Axiom_Space Ax-4 crew are on monitor to reenter Earth’s environment and splash down off the coast of San Diego at ~2:31 a.m. PT tomorrow. Dragon can even announce its arrival with a quick sonic growth previous to splashing down within the Pacific Ocean,” SpaceX posted.
After spending 18 days on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Ax-4 crew members departed from the orbiting laboratory on July 14, 2025. The journey again to Earth would take about 22.5 hours.
Following a sequence of orbital manoeuvres after undocking, Dragon is predicted to splashdown at roughly 3.01 p.m. (IST) on Tuesday (July 15, 2025).
“After performing a sequence of departure burns to maneuver away from the area station, Dragon will conduct a number of orbit-lowering manoeuvres, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s environment for splashdown off the coast of California 22.5 hours later at roughly 3.01 p.m. (IST) 2:31 a.m. PT on Tuesday, July 15,” SpaceX had earlier mentioned.
Whereas Group Captain Shukla is the pilot for the Ax-4 mission the opposite crew members are Commander Peggy Whitson of the U.S., Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
The 4 astronauts flew to the area station on the Dragon after it was launched by the Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Area Heart in Florida June 25, 2025.
The Ax-4 analysis complement consists of round 60 scientific research and actions representing 31 nations, together with the U.S., India, Poland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Nigeria, UAE, and nations throughout Europe.
The Dragon spacecraft is now returning with greater than 580 kilos of cargo, together with NASA {hardware} and information from over 60 experiments carried out through the mission.
Revealed – July 15, 2025 07:36 am IST
