‘Shrimp Cocktails, Good Company’: How Shubhanshu Shukla, Axiom-4 Crew Are Spending Last Days In Space

Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 22:29 IST

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and Axiom-4 crewmates completed their 14-day ISS stay. Peggy Whitson shared their last days in space on X.

The crew members can be seen enjoying dinner in space. (X)

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three fellow crewmates of Axiom-4 mission have completed their 14-day stay at the Space Station (ISS) and are now preparing fro their return to Earth.

Meanwhile, Petty Whitson, one of the four astronauts on the mission shared the glimpses of their last few days in space. In the photo shared by her on X, the four crew members– IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Poland’s Slawosz Uznanski and Hungary’s Tibor Kapu– can be seen enjoying dinner in space.

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“Enjoying our last few days on the @Space_Station with rehydrated shrimp cocktails and good company! #Ax4, she said in a post on X. 

Crew To Undock On July 14

Meanwhile, the four-member astronaut crew is expected to undock from the Space Station on July 14, as announced by NASA.

The crew will undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT on July 14 as per the weather conditions, to begin their return to Earth and splashdown off the coast of California.

“We are working with the station program, overseeing the Axiom-4 progress. I think we need to undock that mission and the current target to undock is July 14," said Steve Stitch, Manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, during a press conference.

The Axiom-4 mission, which launched from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 25, successfully docked at the ISS on June 26 following a 28-hour flight aboard the Dragon spacecraft.

With over 60 experiments across biomedical science, advanced materials, neuroscience, agriculture, and space technology, the Ax-4 mission includes the most research conducted on an Axiom Space private astronaut mission to date.

These investigations could transform the future of human space exploration and life on Earth, with potential breakthroughs in areas such as diabetes management, innovative cancer treatments, and enhanced monitoring of human health and performance.

It is the fourth private astronaut expedition to the Space Station.

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