Axiom 4 Splashdown | Shubhanshu Shukla's Space Journey Ends Soon, Will Splash Down Near San Diego

India's Gaganyatri Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is on his way back from orbiting laboratory, travelling in SpaceX's crew capsule named Grace. It is a 22.5-hour journey from the space station and he is expected to splash down off the coast of California near San Diego at about 3 PM. Union Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said, 'The entire nation eagerly awaits your arrival'. Shukla is the first Indian to have visited the $150 billion orbiting space laboratory. Axiom Space, the private space company that brokered this visit for NASA and ISRO costing India nearly $70 million, said, 'after approximately 433 hours, 18 days, and 288 orbits around Earth covering nearly 12.2 million kilometres since docking with the International Space Station, the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew is officially homeward bound'.