Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to return to India on August 17, according to the reports, after his trailblazing space odyssey. Shubhanshu Shukla has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego in California, the United States, with his other crew members on Tuesday, July 15.
Onboard the SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, India’s Shubhanshu Shukla completed the Axiom Mission 4 with Peggy Whitson of the United States, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The four astronauts entered the Earth’s atmosphere and landed in the Pacific Ocean after their 20-day space odyssey.
HOW DID SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA, OTHERS SPLASHED DOWN
The SpaceX capsule performed its de-orbit burn before descending toward Earth, deploying drogue and main parachutes ahead of splashdown.
Carried off my the parachutes, the spacecraft then continued to descend towards the pacific Ocean. At around 3:02 pm India time, the capsule splashed down.
“Thanks for the great ride. … happy to be back,” Commander Peggy Whitson, an Axiom employee and former NASA astronaut, said after the splashdown.