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Three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut are set to splash down Monday off the Florida coast after spending two weeks aboard the International Space Station.

The first all-private astronaut team ever to fly aboard the International Space Station departed the orbiting outpost on Sunday to begin a descent back to Earth, capping a two-week science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight.

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The first all-private astronaut team ever to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) departed the orbiting outpost on

AX-1, which launched on April 8, was originally billed as a 10-day mission, but delays extended the mission by about a week.

The first all-private astronaut team ever to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) departed the orbiting outpost on Sunday to begin a descent back to Earth, capping a two-week science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight.

Its two-week science mission has been hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight

A SpaceX dragon capsule carrying the four AX-1 astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida..

AX-1, which launched on April 8, was originally billed as a 10-day mission, but delays have extended the mission by about a week.

Aleph Farms led an all-private team onboard a SpaceX rocket to grow meat on the International Space Station.

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.