NASA’s Axiom-4 mission crew including Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and 3 others are set to begin their journey back to Earth on Monday (July 14), after spending almost two weeks at the International Space Station (ISS). The undocking of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from the station’s Harmony module is scheduled for approximately 7.05 am Monday. The splashdown off the coast of California, US, is expected at 5.30 am EDT on Tuesday.
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh said on Sunday that the update in timings is subject to weather conditions and has a margin window of approximately one hour.
In a post on X, he specified the splashdown time and wrote: “As of now, undocking has been scheduled for tomorrow, 14th July at 4:30 pm IST. Arrival back to Earth…. splashdown scheduled for 15th July at 3:00 pm IST.”
“Further updates, if any, shall be shared accordingly,” Singh added.
On Saturday, NASA listed the schedule for its live coverage of the return. It had noted that undocking is expected to begin at 7.05 am ET (4.35 pm IST) on Monday, but made no mention of an approximate splashdown time. The timeline is still subject to change based on real-time operations.
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