A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying 4 personal astronauts is making its manner down from the Worldwide House Station (ISS) and is ready to splash down in Florida on Tuesday night time. The ocean landing might be broadcast reside.
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 House will broadcast its crew’s return via the corporate’s web site, in addition to its YouTube Channel. SpaceX may also broadcast a reside feed of the ocean splashdown on its web site. Alternatively, you may tune in via the feed under, which is ready to start at 10:00 p.m. ET.
The Dragon spacecraft undocked from the area 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 House launched its second personal mission to the ISS on Could 21. The mission was led by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, who’s at the moment Axiom House’s Director of Human Spaceflight. Saudi Arabia purchased two tickets for its astronauts on board Ax-2, mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, whereas pilot John Shoffner bought his personal ticket to area via the corporate in 2021. Other than Whitson, the three remaining crew members had by no means been to area 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 area station to 11. The four-person crew performed greater than 20 scientific experiments, together with one to look at the results of microgravity on the manufacturing of stem cells. Other than the crew, the SpaceX Dragon can also be carrying greater than 300 kilos (130 kilograms) of cargo and information, in response to Axiom House.
Ax-2 is a comply with as much as Axiom House’s first mission to the area station, which launched in April 2022. The personal firm is already planning for the launch of its third mission to the ISS, at the moment scheduled for later this yr.
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