Although the recent purchase of Twitter seems to overshadow Elon Musk’s current environment, SpaceX has just completed an unprecedented milestone in the history of space tourism. Two weeks ago, we talked about a successful launch and launch into the orbit of the first space flight with a completely private crew heading to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by SpaceX and Axiom Space, and now, seventeen days after leaving Earth, finally the crew returned safely to the mainland.

As the company itself shared, SpaceX AX-1 Crew Dragon capsules carrying four astronauts fell yesterday in the Atlantic Ocean at 7:06 p.m. (Spanish time) off the coast of Florida. Although the mission eventually took almost twice as long as originally planned, the journey back and the recovery of the crew and the capsule went smoothly.

In addition to the trip itself, the crew, consisting of the commander and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, and entrepreneurs Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy, performed some experiments during their stay on the International Space Stationbringing back more than 200 pounds of scientific supplies and materials, including some samples for NASA.

Axiom Space is expectedwhich operated the AX-1 mission, will launch more private flights to the ISS in the coming years. And precisely the fact that the construction of the first commercial module on the ISS is already planned, as well as a follow-up module, which will include a film studio and a sports stadium. Although Axiom will only be connected to the station until next year 2028, it will operate independently, as NASA plans to take the ISS out of orbit in January 2031 and direct it to the capture trajectory over the Pacific Ocean.