By Space Coast Daily // July 13, 2025 Watch live coverage on Space Coast Daily TV The Axiom Mission 4 and Expedition 73 crews join together for a group portrait inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module. In the front row (from left) are Ax-4 crewmates Tibor Kapu, Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski with Expedition 73 crewmates Anne McClain and Takuya Onishi. In the rear are Expedition 73 crewmates Alexey Zubritskiy, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Jonny Kim, and Nichole Ayers. (NASA Image) BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA — The NASA undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station, four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT Monday, July 14, pending weather, to begin their return to Earth and splashdown off the coast of California. The launch was initially scheduled for June 11, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, but was scrubbed due to a liquid oxygen leak. ● 4:30 a.m. – Hatch closing coverage begins ● 4:55 a.m. – Crew enters spacecraft, followed by hatch closing ● 6:45 a.m. – Undocking coverage begins ● 7:05 a.m. – Undocking Coverage ends approximately 30 minutes after undocking when space station joint operations with Axiom Space and SpaceX conclude. Coverage will resume for Dragon’s re-entry and splashdown. The NASA undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station, four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT Monday, July 14, pending weather, to begin their return to Earth and splashdown off the coast of California. (NASA Image) A collaboration between NASA and ISRO allowed Axiom Mission 4 to deliver on a commitment highlighted by President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send the first ISRO astronaut to the station. The space agencies participated in five joint science investigations and two in-orbit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics demonstrations. NASA and ISRO have a long-standing relationship built on a shared vision to advance scientific knowledge and expand space collaboration. The private mission also carried the first astronauts from Poland and Hungary to stay aboard the space station. The International Space Station is a springboard for developing a low Earth orbit economy. NASA’s goal is to achieve a strong economy off the Earth where the agency can purchase services as one of many customers to meet its science and research objectives in microgravity. NASA’s commercial strategy for low Earth orbit provides the government with reliable and safe services at a lower cost, enabling the agency to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon in preparation for Mars while also continuing to use low Earth orbit as a training and proving ground for those deep space missions. The NASA undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station, four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT Monday, July 14, pending weather, to begin their return to Earth and splashdown off the coast of California. (NASA Image) Related Story: