Ax-3 Crew Dragon Recovery Operations and Astronauts Egress | Axiom Space

Ax-3 Crew Dragon Recovery Operations and Astronauts Egress | Axiom Space

Ax-3 SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on recovery boat Shannon

Ax-3 Pilot Walter Villadei (Italy)

Ax-3 Mission Specialist European Space Agency (ESA) Project Astronaut Marcus Wandt (Sweden)

Ax-3 Mission Specialist Alper Gezeravcı (Türkiye)

Ax-3 Mission SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft

SpaceX recovery boat Shannon approaches the AX-3 Crew Dragon spacecraft after it safely splashed down off the coast of Florida

Splashdown of AX-3 Crew Dragon spacecraft: "Welcome Back to Earth!"

The crew of Axiom Space’s Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station, commander Michael López-Alegría (United States-Spain), pilot Walter Villadei (Italy), mission specialist Alper Gezeravcı (Türkiye) and European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Marcus Wandt (Sweden), was successfully recovered from SpaceX’s “Freedom” Crew Dragon spacecraft.

SpaceX’s “Freedom” Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida, on February 9, 2024, at 13:30 UTC (8:30am EST). 

The Ax-3 astronauts completed 18 days aboard the orbiting laboratory at the conclusion of their mission. The SpaceX Crew Dragon returned to Earth with more than 550 pounds of science and supplies, including NASA experiments and hardware.

Learn more about Ax-3 at:

https://axiomspace.com/ax3

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credits: Axiom Space/SpaceX

Release Date: Feb. 9, 2024

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