Four astronauts returned to Earth after nearly three weeks at the International Space Station. The Axiom-4 mission marked the first visit to the ISS for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary. It was commanded by U.

After spending 18 days on the International Space Station (ISS), during which he went around the Earth 288 times, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and his colleagues on the Axiom-4 mission began their 22-hour return journey to Earth on Monday afternoon.

The Axiom-04 mission has successfully concluded with the return of ISRO Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla, marking a proud moment both for ISRO and India as he returned after a historic 18-day scientific mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Houston-based Axiom Space launched its fourth crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday (June 25), lifting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KCS), in Florida. The mission lifted off from KSC's Launch Complex-39A at 2:31 a.m. EDT (0631 GMT).

A SpaceX vehicle carrying four astronauts on a private mission for Axiom Space is on its way to the International Space Station.

Wandt’s involvement marks the first time Axiom has worked with a crew member who’s working for an agency that already has access to the ISS, as the ESA is one of its international partners.

Ax-4 is commanded by Axiom's director of human spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Joining her are Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland, and Tibor Kapu, from Hungary. The three will be the first astronauts from each of their nations to launch on a mission to the ISS.

Over time, Axiom hopes to make multiple additional ISS modules that could one day form an entirely new space station even after the ISS is decommissioned. Update, 4/8/22, ...