New Delhi, July 15 -- India's space journey marks a new chapter as astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and his fellow crewmates from the Axiom-4 mission are set to return to Earth on 15 July 2025. The four-member team, including commander Peggy Whitson, Poland's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, and Hungary's Tibor Kapu, are wrapping up an eventful 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

After hugs and handshakes, the four astronauts entered the Dragon spacecraft on Monday, donned their spacesuits and closed the hatch connecting the spacecraft to the ISS at 2:37 pm IST.

"Jaldi hi dharti pe mulaqat karte hai (we will meet on Earth soon)," Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the second Indian astronaut to travel to space after Rakesh Sharm...