The latest mission of the Axiom space with four astronauts has found its stay in the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX crew Dragon Capsules, called Grace, were unboarded from ISS on 14 July 2025, to 4:45 pm to the quarter of the AX-4 mission at IST. It safely moved away from the classroom laboratory, which was a crew house for more than 2.5 weeks. In addition, it performed the Deorbit Burn series and is on the way to Earth on 3:00 PM IST.
The X -4 mission wraps after extended ISS stay and record -setting research
According to NASA, NASA’s former Astronaut Pagi Whitson is the commander, and other crew members are Pilot Shubanshu Shukla and Mission expert Sylawosz uznaański-wiśniemski and Tibor Kapu. It is the first spaceflight for all three. However, its fifth mission for Whitson to Orbit is recorded as 695 cumulative days.
The Mission is an extension of the Houston -based company’s previous crew flights, and to investigate research and science which is aimed at understanding microgravity Milliyu. So far, AX-4 has operated 60 experiments and technical demos with the contribution of 31 countries, along with several public outreach events, and broke the records as it continues to refine the orbital operations.
SpaceX Dragon Capsule returns through Grace Pacific Splashdown
The mission was launched on 26 June 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which was determined to stay at the space station for about two weeks from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the crew. This mission lasted for four days compared to prediction. The departure started this morning, and now the crew and the dragon are on the 22.5 hour route to fall down in the Pacific Ocean by the end of the day.
This will be SpaceX’s second West Coast Crew Recovery, while the first crew -9 ISS mission during March. After the debris incidents from the trunk of the dragon and after crashed back to the Earth, SpaceX fully moved to the Pacific Ocean, rather than in the Gulf or Atlantic. Representatives of SpaceX stated that this new reventer reduces the possibility of debris.
