Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and his Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew members Peggy Whitson, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski and Tibor Kapu, are making ready to leave the International Space Station (ISS) after spending 18 days within the orbiting laboratory.
Shukla and Commander Peggy Whitson are contained in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which is focused to autonomously undock at 4.35 p.m. IST.
The NASA mentioned “At 5:07 a.m. EDT [2:37 p.m. IST], the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for the undocking and return to Earth of Axiom Mission 4 [Ax-4], with astronauts Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu.”
