A SpaceX capsule with four astronauts made a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean after 20 days in space, completing Axiom Space's fourth private mission to the International Space Station. The crew, including NASA veteran Peggy Whitson, conducted about 60 scientific experiments while docked for 18 days at the ISS. This flight marked the inaugural mission for SpaceX's newest capsule, Grace, and was significant for representing the first time astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary worked aboard the ISS. SpaceX has now launched humans into orbit 18 times.
The pre-dawn return, which rattled parts of southern California with a sonic boom just before 2:31 a.m. PT, ends Axiom Space's fourth private mission to the International Space Station where it was docked for 18 days.
This was the 18th time SpaceX launched humans into orbit. The company says it's the 'most research and science-related activities' conducted so far on an Axiom Space flight.
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