India, July 15 -- Writing a glorious chapter in India's space odyssey, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down off California with Ax-4 crew members on Tuesday.

Shukla returned to Earth after spending two weeks at the ISS.

He was the first Indian astronaut to reach the ISS.

Confirming the development, Space X wrote on X: "Splashdown of Dragon confirmed - welcome back to Earth,@AstroPeggy, Shux, @astro_slawosz , and Tibi!"

Axiom Space wrote: "Welcome back to Earth, #Ax4! Today the Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down marking the end of their successful mission to the International Space Station."

Group CaptainShukla, now India's newest space hero,splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego in the US at appr...