Ax-1 Mission Crew Returns to Earth Written 26 April 2022

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Axiom Space’s Ax-1 astronauts, Michael López-Alegría, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy splash down off the coast of Florida at 1:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 25th | Credit: SpaceX; YouTube; framegrab

Space.com reports that the Ax-1 mission's four crewmembers returned to Earth Monday, successfully concluding “the first-ever all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.” The SpaceX crew capsule “carrying the four crewmembers ... splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida" Monday at 1:06 p.m. EDT, "bringing the groundbreaking 17-day flight to a close."
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