Overview

• The Ax-4 crew is set to close hatches and undock from the ISS at 4:30 pm IST on July 14, with live coverage on NASA+ as well as streams from Axiom Space and SpaceX.
• Their Dragon capsule will splash down off the California coast around 3:00 pm IST on July 15 after a roughly 22-hour re-entry sequence.
• The mission will return more than 580 pounds of cargo, including NASA hardware and research samples from over 60 experiments.
• Post-splashdown, Shukla and his crewmates will undergo a seven-day rehabilitation program under flight surgeons to readjust to Earth’s gravity.
• Key research highlights include a microalgae experiment evaluating its potential for oxygen, food and biofuel production on long-duration missions.