Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Returns From ISS As Dragon Splashes Down In Pacific Ocean

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Return: Indian astronaut and Indian Air Drive take a look at pilot Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has efficiently piloted his Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew again to Earth, with their spacecraft splashing down off the coast of San Diego at 3:01 PM IST (2:31 a.m. PT).

Shubhanshu Shukla, alongside along with his three Ax-4 crewmates, has accomplished a landmark 18-day mission aboard the Worldwide House Station (ISS). With this historic feat, he turns into the primary Indian to go to the Worldwide House Station (ISS). 

Earlier, SpaceX introduced that the Dragon spacecraft was set to splash down off the coast of California after the nosecone of ‘Grace’ was closed and secured for reentry. The crew returned to Earth roughly 22.5 hours after departing the ISS. On Monday, the Ax-4 spacecraft efficiently undocked and commenced its journey again, as confirmed by Axiom House and NASA.

In a mission replace weblog, NASA acknowledged that the Dragon spacecraft undocked at 7:15 a.m. EDT (4:45 p.m. IST) from the space-facing port of the ISS’s Concord module, finishing Axiom’s fourth non-public astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory.

Throughout a stay session on X, Axiom House famous that the Ax-4 mission included over 60 scientific research and greater than 20 outreach occasions.

Record Of Commanders

The Ax-4 crew comprised Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO), European House Company (ESA) undertaking astronaut Slawosz “Suave” Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and HUNOR astronaut Tibor Kapu from Hungary. The staff actively engaged in scientific analysis and outreach actions throughout their 18-day keep aboard the Worldwide House Station (ISS).

In accordance with NASA, the Dragon spacecraft returned with greater than 580 kilos of cargo, together with NASA {hardware} and information from over 60 experiments carried out throughout the mission.

Axiom Mission 4 Launch

Axiom Mission 4 lifted off on June 25 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complicated 39A at NASA’s Kennedy House Middle in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft docked with the Worldwide House Station on June 26 at 4:05 p.m. IST, forward of schedule, attaching to the space-facing port of the Concord module. (With ANI Inputs)