India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and three fellow astronauts from the Axiom‑4 mission undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 14, marking the start of their return journey to Earth aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Grace” capsule. The spacecraft separated from the ISS at

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, known as “Shux,” has taken on a groundbreaking agricultural experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during his Axiom‑4 mission, cultivating moong and methi seeds in microgravity. This marks a significant step toward learning how plants grow off Earth, as Shukla works with his three crewmates before their