Crew of first private flight to ISS head back to Earth

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 25, 2022 12:06 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station departed the orbiting laboratory on Monday to head back to Earth.

The three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut had spent more than two weeks on the station on a history-making mission organized by startup company Axiom Space.

In this screengrab from a NASA TV broadcast the SpaceX control room technicians in Hawthorne, California, watch as the crew of the AX-1 mission undocked from thae International Space Station on April 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO / NASA TV

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