After spending about 18 days at the International Space Station as part of the Axiom-4 mission, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to visit the ISS with this team for the mission, is ready to be blown from the space station at around 4:35 pm today.
According to a release by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the departure work will start with the closure of EDT at 4:30 am on Monday at 4:30 am or IST at 2:00 pm, the crew will enter EDT at 4:55 am or at 2:25 pm, then the hatch will be closed.
From there, the ignores will begin at around 6:45 AM or 4:15 PM IST, and the actual ignorance will be around 7:05 AM EDT or 4:30 PM IST.
The entire process will be broadcast by NASA on NASA+, and the coverage will be finished about 30 minutes after ignorance.
Subsequently, through the website of Axiaom Space and SpaceX, Axiom.space/live and SpaceX, the Dragon Grace will continue the vengeance of the Earth’s atmosphere and then on July 15, Tuesday at 3 pm on Tuesday, the Indian time will continue to land on the banks of California in the Pacific Ocean at 3 pm.
According to the Axiaom Space, the crew’s return to Earth will take about 22.5 hours, which will symbolize the conclusion of their mission in the laboratory revolving.
Earlier on Sunday, Group Captain Shukla gave a soulful farewell speech from the ISS, while the X-4 crew was preparing to return to Earth.
He quoted the words of Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut in space in a modern style, said, “Today’s India still looks good.”
He added, “Today’s India looks ambitious from space, today’s India looks fearless from space, today’s India looks confident, today’s India looks proudly and due to all these reasons, today I can say again that today I can say that today’s India still looks good.”
Group Captain Shukla expressed his gratitude to ISRO, NASA, international partners, people of Spacex and SpaceX to make the visit possible and highlighted the incredible experience and far -reaching effects of the mission to work with professionals around the world.
The X-4 crew included Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Commander Paigi Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Slavos Slavos “Suve” Suve “Uznansky-Visnivski and Hungarian to Orbit (HuanOR) Aknasakar Tibor Kapu, which was the last 18 days of mission. ISS was actively engaged in research and outreach activities.
According to NASA, the Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth with more than 580 pounds, which will include data of more than 60 experiments during NASA hardware and mission.
The Axiom Mission 4 was launched on 25 June from the launch Complex 39A of the Canedi Space Center in Florida through the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket. The Dragon spacecraft was successfully connected to the ISS at 4:05 pm before the scheduled time on 26 June and connected to the space-mounted port of the station’s harmony module.
