Four Astronaut, including Shubhanshu Shukla, have returned to Earth after staying 18 days at the space station. After about 23 hours of journey, the Dragon Spacecraft was landing on the banks of California at 3 pm today i.e. on July 15. This is called Splashdown. The four Astronauts left for Earth from the International Space Station at 4:45 pm on Monday evening.
All Astronauts reached ISS at 4:01 pm Indian time on 26 June. Under the Exium Mission 4, they left at around 12 noon on 25 June. He flew from the Kennedy Space Center in the dragon capsule associated with the Falcon-9 rocket of SpaceX.
On the return of Shubhanshu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said- I welcome Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with the whole country to return to Earth from his historical space journey.
Shubhanshu has inspired billions of dreams with his dedication, courage. This is another milestone towards our own human space flight mission-Gaganyaan.
Shubhanshu can return to India by 17 August
Shubhanshu can return to India by 17 August. Astronauts usually take seven days for medical examination and rehabilitation after landing, so that they can resrue in the gravity of the Earth. Only then Shubhanshu will return to India.
What did Shubhanshu do at 18 days space station
60 scientific experiments: Shubhanshu participated in more than 60 scientific experiments during the mission. These included seven experiments of India. He grown fenugreek and moong seeds into space. Space also participated in the experiment ‘. Used on the health of bones in space.
Talk to the Prime Minister: On 28 June 2025, Shubhanshu did a live video conference with PM Narendra Modi from ISS. During this, he said that India looks very grand from space. The PM asked that you have taken carrot pudding. Did you feed colleagues? On this, Shubhanshu said- Yes, he sat with his colleagues and ate it.
Dialogue with the students: On July 3, 4 and 8, they interacted with more than 500 students from Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore and Lucknow via Ham Radio. Its purpose was to increase interest in Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) among the youth.
Dialogue with ISRO: On July 6, he interacted with ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan and other senior officials, which discussed his experiments and his contribution to the Gaganyaan Mission of India.
Earth’s pictures: Shubhanshu took magnificent pictures of the Earth from the Kapola module of ISS, which is a special part of seven windows.
