Axiom's private astronauts wrap up mission to space station
STORY: Axiom's private astronauts wrap up mission to space station
DATELINE: May 31, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:42
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft undocking from the International Space Station (courtesy of SpaceX)
2. various of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 21 (courtesy of SpaceX)
STORYLINE:
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom Space's four private astronauts undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday and is heading home.
The Dragon spacecraft autonomously undocked from the ISS at 11:05 a.m. Eastern Time Tuesday.
After performing a series of burns to move away from the space station, Dragon is scheduled to conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison its trunk, and re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
The spacecraft is targeting a splashdown off the coast of Panama City, Florida, later Tuesday at about 11:04 p.m. Eastern Time.
Aboard the spacecraft are astronaut
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