Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:15am on 14 Jul 2025,Monday International
India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), is set to return to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon as part of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission. The undocking, originally scheduled for 4:30 pm IST, has been delayed by 10 minutes for final checks. Shukla will return alongside astronauts from the USA, Poland, and Hungary after an 18-day mission. NASA and SpaceX confirmed the mission remains on track with a fully autonomous return. Splashdown is expected on Tuesday after a 21-hour journey. Shukla follows Rakesh Sharma as India’s second man in space. (PC: India Today)
