Astronauts from US, India, Poland, Hungary bound for Earth
AFP | Washington
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A SpaceX capsule carrying an international crew from India, Poland, Hungary, and the United States has departed the International Space Station and is set to splash down off the coast of California.
Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, undocked from the orbital lab at 7:15 am ET (1115 GMT) on Monday, beginning a 22.5-hour journey back to Earth.
Splashdown is scheduled for 5:31 ET (0931 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
“Thank you very much for your support. You guys are amazing,” Commander Peggy Whitson, an Axiom employee and former NASA astronaut, told flight controllers in Houston.
Also aboard are pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India and mission specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary.Axiom Space is a private company that organizes missions to the International Space Station, flying both wealthy individuals and, as in this case, astronauts sponsored by their national governments.
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