Crew of first private flight to ISS prepare for Earth return

Washington (AFP) April 24, 2022

The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station was set on Sunday to leave the orbiting laboratory and head back to Earth. The three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut had spent more than two weeks on the station on a history-making mission organized by startup company Axiom Space. A SpaceX capsule was scheduled to undock from the ISS at 8:55 pm (0055