Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is ready to return to Earth on Tuesday, concluding his historic mission beneath Axiom Area’s Ax-4 program. His return is a proud second for India and a major step within the nation’s rising presence in international area exploration.
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla grew to become the primary Indian to achieve the Worldwide Area Station (ISS).
Listed below are the important thing factors from Shubhanshu Shukla’s journey to ISS:
1- After an 18-day keep aboard the orbital laboratory, Shukla and his three worldwide crewmates are scheduled to splash down within the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 3:01 pm IST (4:31 am CT).
2- Shukla, together with astronauts Peggy Whitson (USA), Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski (Poland), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary), boarded SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft “Grace” at 3:30 am CT (2 pm IST) on Monday.
3- The spacecraft undocked from the ISS’s Concord module at 4:45 pm IST (7:15 am ET).
4- NASA had confirmed that the hatch closure occurred at 5:07 am EDT, and SpaceX introduced “Dragon separation confirmed” shortly afterward through the social media platform X.
“Dragon is GO to undock from the Area Station,” SpaceX knowledgeable in a publish.
“Dragon separation confirmed!” the publish added.
5- This marks the completion of an almost 23-hour return journey to Earth.
6- Upon splashdown, the crew can be retrieved by restoration groups, and Shubhanshu Shukla will then start a 7-day rehabilitation protocol to readjust to Earth’s gravity.
7- Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission initially spanned 14 days however was prolonged to 18. This allowed extra scientific analysis and collaborative work aboard the station.
8- In a touching farewell message from orbit, Shukla described his expertise as “an unbelievable journey,” expressing deep gratitude to ISRO, NASA, Axiom Area, and SpaceX. “India nonetheless seems to be higher than the entire world,” he remarked, gazing down from the cupola of the ISS.
9- The reside protection of the occasion is more likely to be broadcast on Axiom Area’s official X deal with and NASA’s YouTube channel.
10- Union Minister Jitendra Singh in a publish on X wrote, “Welcome again Shubhanshu! The whole nation eagerly awaits your arrival again residence…as you start your return journey, after profitable undocking of #Axiom4.”
On Sunday, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla delivered a farewell speech from the ISS and mentioned, “Aaj ka Bharat abhi bhi saare jahaan se acha dikhta hai” (At present’s India continues to be extra splendid than your complete world).”
Shubhanshu Shukla’s participation within the Axiom-4 Mission made him the second Indian astronaut to journey to area, following Rakesh Sharma’s mission in 1984.
(with IANS inputs)