On May 31, 2023, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Space Ax-2 crew successfully returned to Earth after spending 10 days in space. The Ax-2 crew undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday morning and splashed down at 11:04 p.m. ET in the Gulf of Mexico. This marks the second crew of astronauts on an entirely private space mission. Axiom’s four-member crew lifted off earlier this month from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mission specialist Rayyanah Barnawi became the first Saudi woman in space and was joined by fellow Saudi astronaut Ali al-Qarni. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is commanding the mission, after Axiom sent its first private astronaut crew to the ISS for a 17-day mission last year. The multinational crew of astronauts conducted more than 20 different experiments while aboard the ISS.
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