Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 14 : As the Dragon spacecraft of the Axiom-4 mission successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's parents on Monday said that they will pray for his safe landing.
Group Captain Shukla's father, Shambu Dayal Shukla, expressed his joy over the undocking and said that the country is proud of him.
His father, Shambhu Dayal Shukla, told ANI, "We are very happy that the undocking took place safely. We expect that the landing will also take place smoothly tomorrow. We have faith in the Almighty. We are all very proud of our son. The country is very proud of him that he is coming back after successfully completing the mission."
Asha Shukla, the Group Captain's mother, said she hopes they land successfully.
"The undocking has taken place successfully, and we hope that he will land successfully too. We pray that he lands successfully tomorrow," Asha Shukla told ANI.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and the crew are expected to splash down on Tuesday.
In an informative blog about the mission updates, NASA informed that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked at 7:15 a.m. EDT from the space-facing port of the International Space Station's Harmony module, completing the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4.
It further noted that the Dragon is slowly manoeuvring away from the station into an orbital track that will return the crew and its cargo safely to Earth, targeting a splashdown off the coast of California on Tuesday, July 15.
Axiom Space in its live session on X noted that the Axiom-4 mission saw over 60 scientific studies and more than 20 outreach events.
SpaceX also made the confirmation in a post on X.
In a post on X, SpaceX noted that the spacecraft would now execute a series of departure burns to move away from the International Space Station.
It noted that Dragon would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and splash down in approximately 22.5 hours off the coast of California.