NASA to organize Ax-4 farewell ceremony ahead of Shukla’s undocking from ISS

Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla and crew will join NASA’s Expedition 73 crew for a live farewell ceremony on Sunday at 7:25 PM IST ahead of their scheduled undocking on Monday.

After 17 days aboard the International Space Station, the Axiom Mission 4 crew — Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu “Shux” Shukla, and Mission Specialists Sławosz “Suave” Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu are nearing the completion of their research and preparing to undock no earlier than Monday, July 14 at 4:35 PM IST.

Where to watch farewell ceremony of Shukla and crew?

Axiom Space will provide live coverage of Shubhanshu Shukla and other Ax-4 crew members’ farewell ceremony from ISS starting 7:25 PM IST/8:55 a.m. CT/ 3:55 p.m. CEST.


Watch the farewell ceremony live here.

On Monday, space agencies NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX will provide live coverage of the crew’s departure from the space station via their websites.

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Axiom mission's arrival on Earth is scheduled for 15th July at 3:00 PM IST, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said.

These timings have a margin window of approximately 1 hour, he informed.


With Ax-4 mission, Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became India’s second national astronaut to go to space since 1984. This is the second commercial spaceflight mission made up of government and ESA-sponsored national astronauts. The mission includes around 60 scientific studies and activities representing 31 countries across the globe.