President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday extended a warm welcome to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla upon his return to Earth following the successful completion of Axiom-4 mission, describing the achievement as a significant milestone for India's growing presence in space exploration and international scientific cooperation.

"For the first time, astronauts from three countries are part of this mission, including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla... His experience will be invaluable for India's future space missions. After Chandrayaan's success,

SpaceX Draon spacecraft successfully made a splashdown landing off the coast of California at the scheduled time on Tuesday 3.01 pm (IST). The elon musk-owned company’s spacecraft carried Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others on the Axiom-4 mission crew members.

Indian fighter pilot and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's space journey and experiments make him invaluable for ISRO's Gaganyaan mission.

Shukla and his fellow crew members were taken straight away to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. There, he will stay at least 10 days under quarantine.

California: The Dragon spacecraft carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and other crew members of Axiom-4, has successfully entered Earth’s atmosphere at 3:01 PM IST over the Pacific Ocean off the California coast after spending 18 days. Splashdown has been successfully completed.

IIST prepares for post-flight field studies with crop seeds returned from ISS, collaborating with KAU for research.

India's historic first crewed mission to the ISS, led by ISRO and Axiom Space, enters its final phase. The Dragon Grace capsule carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to splashdown off California after a successful 18-day mission.

Shukla and his fellow Axiom-4 astronauts have spent around two weeks on the orbital lab. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, ESA (European Space Agency) astronauts Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary are part of the Axiom-4 mission.