ISS: Commercial astronaut team heads back to Earth
By DW
27 April 2022 |
8:29 am
The four astronauts from American startup Axiom Space Inc. are expected to touch down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. They are the first all-private crew to have stayed on the International Space Station.
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