As the Ax-2 crew prepares to depart from the International Space Station, today Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi joined the Expedition 69 crew members for a joint farewell ceremony. During the event, the Ax-2 crew shared words of appreciation and stories about their experience on the space station, and the ISS crew had an opportunity to celebrate the historic Ax-2 mission.
The four-person multinational astronaut crew is scheduled to undock no earlier than 11:05 a.m. EDT on May 30, from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to begin the journey home and splashdown off the coast of Florida. Click here for undocking and departure coverage for Ax-2.