Ax-1 Crew Update: Flight Day 16

Ax-1 Mission Specialist Eytan Stibbe takes a moment to smile while working with the CRISPR experiment.

Due to weather at splashdown sites, the Ax-1 crew will be spend another night on the International Space Station. The crew is well prepared and ready for their journey home after spending a few extra days aboard the ISS.  

Ax-1 astronauts are now planning to undock from the ISS tomorrow, Sunday April 24th at 8:55 p.m. ET and will splashdown off the coast of Florida on Monday, April 25 around 1:00 p.m. ET.  

The integrated teams at Axiom, NASA, and SpaceX will continue to monitor and assess weather at the splashdown sites prior to undocking to ensure conditions are acceptable for a safe recovery of the Ax-1 astronauts and SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

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