{"id":4883,"date":"2022-04-25T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/dragon-spacecraft-with-private-ax-1-astronaut-crew-headed-back-to-earth"},"modified":"2022-04-25T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:26:14","slug":"dragon-spacecraft-with-private-ax-1-astronaut-crew-headed-back-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/dragon-spacecraft-with-private-ax-1-astronaut-crew-headed-back-to-earth","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Spacecraft With Private Ax-1 Astronaut Crew Headed Back to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>WASHINGTON (Sputnik) &#8211; The world&#8217;s first all-private crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is returning back to Earth on board the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, SpaceX informs.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Separation confirmed. Dragon will now perform four burns to move away from the @space_station; will reenter the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere in ~16 hours with a targeted splashdown at approximately 1:06 p.m. ET [17:06 GMT] on April 25,&#8221; SpaceX said on Twitter.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to live coverage from NASA, the separation has been confirmed and the Dragon spacecraft is returning back to Earth five days past the originally set return date.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, SpaceX expected the splashdown to occur on April 19, but unfavorable weather conditions off the coast of Florida led to several postponements of the Ax-1 crew&#8217;s return.<\/p>\n<p>The first all commercial crewed Axiom-1 mission to the ISS blasted off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 8. Initially, the mission was expected to last about 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>Axiom Ax-1 crew members include Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria of the United States and Spain, pilot Larry Connor of the United States, mission specialist Eytan Stibbe of Israel and mission specialist Mark Pathy of Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) &#8211; The world&#8217;s first all-private crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is returning back to Earth on board the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, SpaceX informs. &#8220;Separation confirmed. 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