{"id":437870,"date":"2022-04-26T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/first-all-private-astronaut-crew-returns-to-earth\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:50:08","slug":"first-all-private-astronaut-crew-returns-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/first-all-private-astronaut-crew-returns-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"#First all-private astronaut crew returns to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a2dc6c366\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a2dc6c366\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/first-all-private-astronaut-crew-returns-to-earth\/#%E2%80%9CFirst_all-private_astronaut_crew_returns_to_Earth%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;First all-private astronaut crew returns to Earth&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFirst_all-private_astronaut_crew_returns_to_Earth%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;First all-private astronaut crew returns to Earth&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0Axiom Space completed its first all-private mission to the International Space Station Monday after three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut splashed down in a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/space-x\">SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0Dragon in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-day planned Axiom-1 mission turned into a 17-day after mission control waved off several attempts to bring the private crew home because of bad weather around the Florida peninsula at any potential splashdown sites.<\/p>\n<p>Axiom Space Operations Director Derek Hassmann said Monday the delays added up to a \u201cbonus week\u201d for the crew but did not cost Axiom or their customers any additional money.<\/p>\n<p>Axiom pays NASA and SpaceX for the use of the spacecraft and the ISS for its private astronauts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dragon Endeavour undocked from the ISS Sunday around 9 p.m., and the journey to Earth began with the last overnight stay in space for the Ax-1 crew.<\/p>\n<p>Axiom Space Vice President and former NASA astronaut Michael L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda and paying customers Larry Connor, Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe splashed down off the coast of Jacksonville after 1 p.m. Monday completing their private mission.<\/p>\n<p>The crew <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed 6.3 million miles during their spaceflight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After hitting Earth\u2019s atmosphere Dragon slowed down from 1,750 mph and then two sets of parachutes slowed the spacecraft from 350 to 1 mph at splashdown. The four private astronauts likely experienced up to 4G forces during re-entry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ax-1-crew.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"The AX-1 crew inside the spacecraft.\" class=\"wp-image-22043144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ax-1-crew.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ax-1-crew.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ax-1-crew.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/ax-1-crew.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Ax-1 crew traveled 6.3 million miles during their spaceflight. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SpaceX\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After splashdown, the once white Dragon capsule looked like a toasted marshmallow bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean as recovery teams arrived to collect the spacecraft and its crew.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda, Connor, Pathy and Stibbe flashed smiles and thumbs up when the side hatch was opened exposing the crew to their first breath of Earth air in 17 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Ax-1 crew were helped out of the capsule and flown to Jacksonville before heading to Orlando for more medical checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Benji Reed, senior director of human spaceflight at SpaceX, said the \u201cweather was great for splashdown\u201d and the rocking at sea was normal.<\/p>\n<p>The landing off the coast of Jacksonville meant SpaceX hit \u201cbingo\u201d now having completed Dragon landings at all seven splashdown sites around Florida, according to Reed.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched the Axiom-1 mission on April 8 from Kennedy Space Center, and the first all-private crew was welcomed on the ISS the following day by NASA\u2019s Crew-3 astronauts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dragon floats with a view of the moon nearby.\" class=\"wp-image-22043230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The space station captured photos of Dragon and the Ax-1 astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching the orbiting laboratory.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SpaceX\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Axiom Space executives say that these four men were not space tourists despite the price tag and in the era of billionaires going to space with Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic. \u00a0Each crew member brought research to conduct in the orbiting laboratory during their two-week stay. The three customers selected <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> objectives close to their interests.<\/p>\n<p>The mission wasn\u2019t all serious, though.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda played the keyboard on the ISS in a duet with pianist BLKBOK on Earth. The Axiom-1 crew also brought along\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/chef-jose-andres-sending-spanish-cuisine-to-space-with-axiom-1-crew\">Spanish paella from world-famous Chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u00a0<\/a>to share with their fellow crew in orbit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon2.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"A view of Dragonfly in outer space.\" class=\"wp-image-22043494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon2.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon2.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon2.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon2.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Three paying customers were on the historic space flight.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SpaceX\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Axiom Space has another private ISS mission planned called Axiom-2. Former NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson, now an Axiom employee, will command that mission. Axiom has only announced one of the paying customers on the flight, American racing driver and J2-Racing owner John Shoffner. Whitson and Shoffner have been training for their upcoming spaceflight next year.<\/p>\n<p>Hassmann said Axiom expects to announce the final two crew members for the Ax-2 flight in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the company wants to fly two private missions a year. Hassmann said there might not be a former NASA astronaut onboard those flights, but Axiom will have to work with NASA on that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon4.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"A view of the entry point of Dragonfly.\" class=\"wp-image-22043537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon4.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon4.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon4.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/dragon4.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Axiom eventually wants to fly two private missions a year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SpaceX\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re going to do is look at how this mission went, go through all the lessons learned relative to training and performance on orbit and so forth, and then also gather data from Ax-2 as well and then decide what\u2019s in the best interest of the program,\u201d Hassmann said. \u201cAxiom would certainly like to get to a point where we fly an all-private crew, if you will, without an ex-NASA commander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, those with wealthy financial means\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axiomspace.com\/start\/private-astronauts\">can inquire with Axiom Space<\/a>\u00a0about booking a stay in orbit as soon as this year and as late as 2025.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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