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July 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM

Four astronauts, including India's Shubhanshu Shukla, Poland's Michal Sudol, and Hungary's Kálmán Ősi, safely concluded their private spaceflight with a Pacific splashdown.

July 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM

Shubhanshu Shukla and his crew are set to splashdown today, concluding their 23-hour journey home from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. The splashdown is expected off the California coast around 3 pm, following over 300 orbits and 1.3 million kilometers of travel. Live coverage is available.