Splashdown! Dragon and Axiom Space’s Ax-1 private astronauts return to earth

After 17 days in space, Dragon and Axiom Space’s Ax-1 astronauts, Michael López-Alegría, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of Florida at 1:06 p.m. ET on Monday, April 25.

Ax-1 was Axiom Space’s first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Credit: SpaceX