The Axiom-4 mission is set to end successfully after 18 days. After 18 days of stay at the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others on the commercial Axiom-4 mission are set to return to Earth on Monday.

As reported by news agency PTI, Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the second Indian astronaut to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma's 1984 odyssey, will board the Dragon spacecraft at around 2 pm IST. Shukla will embark on the return journey two hours later and will reach Earth.

While addressing the Axiom-4 mission, the Axiom Space team asserted that "Undocking from the ISS is scheduled for no earlier than 6:05 am CT (4:35 pm IST). After a 22.5-hour journey back to Earth, the crew is expected to splash down off the coast of California at approximately 4:31 am CT (3:01 pm IST on Tuesday).”