The Axiom-4 crew, which took off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 25 June 2025, has officially returned to Earth after 18 days, concluding their successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Shubhanshu Shukla, along with his four other members, including commander Peggy Whitson, Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu, has successfully splashed down in the Dragon spacecraft on Earth’s surface, marking the end of their successful Axiom-4 mission.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft made a smooth splashdown at the designated landing zone in San Diego, bringing the astronauts safely back after a groundbreaking journey focused on research, collaboration, and commercial space exploration.

Welcome back to Earth, #Ax4! Today the Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down marking the end of their successful mission to the International Space Station. pic.twitter.com/eeAyPCmWgG