After spending 18 days on the International Space Station (ISS), during which he went around the Earth 288 times, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and his colleagues on the Axiom-4 mission began their 22-hour return journey to Earth on Monday afternoon.

India's space ambitions received a major boost with the successful return of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla from his historic mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and Axiom-4 crew return to Earth today after an 18-day mission aboard the ISS. Watch the live splashdown and key highlights of the re-entry.