A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying 4 personal astronauts is making its method down from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) and is about to splash down in Florida on Tuesday evening. The ocean landing shall be broadcast stay.
After spending 10 days on board the ISS, The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) crew is scheduled to return again to Earth on Could 30 round 11:04 p.m. ET. The crew aboard the Dragon spacecraft, nicknamed Freedom, will splashdown off the coast of Tampa, Florida.
Axiom Area will broadcast its crew’s return by means of the corporate’s website, in addition to its YouTube Channel. SpaceX will even broadcast a stay feed of the ocean splashdown on its website. Alternatively, you’ll be able to tune in by means of the feed under, which is about to start at 10:00 p.m. ET.
The Dragon spacecraft undocked from the house station’s Concord module at 11:05 a.m. ET on Tuesday, carrying the four-person crew again to Earth and formally wrapping up the Ax-2 mission.
Axiom Area launched its second private mission to the ISS on Could 21. The mission was led by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, who’s presently Axiom Area’s Director of Human Spaceflight. Saudi Arabia bought two tickets for its astronauts on board Ax-2, mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, whereas pilot John Shoffner purchased his own ticket to house by means of the corporate in 2021. Except for Whitson, the three remaining crew members had by no means been to house earlier than.
The Ax-2 crew joined the seven members of the Expedition 69 crew on board the ISS, bringing the entire variety of astronauts aboard the house station to 11. The four-person crew carried out greater than 20 scientific experiments, together with one to look at the results of microgravity on the production of stem cells. Except for the crew, the SpaceX Dragon can also be carrying greater than 300 kilos (130 kilograms) of cargo and knowledge, in keeping with Axiom Area.
Ax-2 is a observe as much as Axiom Space’s first mission to the space station, which launched in April 2022. The personal firm is already planning for the launch of its third mission to the ISS, presently scheduled for later this yr.
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