NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Returns From ISS
The crew’s successful splashdown Tuesday marks NASA’s seventh commercial crew rotation.
The crew’s successful splashdown Tuesday marks NASA’s seventh commercial crew rotation.
The latest class of astronauts that graduated from the two-year training program had been selected from a highly competitive pool of about 12,000 applicants, NASA said.
The international crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations at the space outpost.
Three NASA astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut are heading to the International Space Station this week.
Private companies fear losing to China in a move toward a commercial space economy.
The mission was the first commercial spaceflight of government and European Space Agency-sponsored national astronauts.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is set to launch no earlier than August.
The free-flying commercial space station will permanently host four crewmembers and is scheduled to launch before the International Space Station’s decommissioning.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the payload of more than 8,200 pounds of critical supplies headed to the International Space Station.
The mission arranged by Axiom Space will research cancer cures, remote-controlled robots, space horticulture, microgravity, and more.