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The first all-private mission to the International Space Station finally made its way home Monday, making a splash down landing off the coast of Florida and concluding a mission that has lasted a week longer than expected.

Members of first all-private mission to ISS splashdown off the Florida coast; Israeli president congratulates Eytan Stibbe on his journey

Axiom Space completed its first all-private mission to the International Space Station Monday after three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut splashed down in a SpaceX Dragon in the Atlantic Ocean.

The successful all-private visit to the International Space Station paves the way for future flights.

The first all-private astronaut team to orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) departed the outpost on Sunday to begin a descent back to Earth, capping a two-week science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the four-man team from the Houston-based start-up company Axiom Space undocked from the ISS at about 1:10am GMT yesterday to embark on a 16-hour return flight, a live NASA videoconference showed. The Axiom astronauts, garb...

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An experiment to find out has just finished on the International Space Station.

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The first all-private astronaut crew to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) headed for splashdown Monday off ...

During their historic mission, Stibbe and the three other members of the Ax-1 crew conducted experiments for more than 25 research projects with international partners, including the Ramon Foundation, the Mayo Clinic and the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

After spending about 17 days in space, American private space habitat company Axiom Spaces first-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Monday.