Privately funded American space company Axiom Space successfully finished its Ax-4 mission on Tuesday morning, returning astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary from the International Space Station, and safely splashing down off the Californian coast.

Elon Musk-led SpaceX brought back the multinational crew on the Axiom-4 mission from the International Space Station on Tuesday. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Grace” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 5:32 a.

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).

It was Axiom's fourth mission to the space station, part of NASA's effort to open up space to more businesses and people.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, a prominent figure in the Indian space exploration community, and the entire crew of the Axiom-4 mission, have safely returned to Earth after an 18-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

The Axiom-4 crew is to reach Earth onboard a SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft with a splashdown off the coast of California on Tuesday,3 PM (IST) after a 22.5-hour journey from the ISS.

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.