The private Axiom Space astronauts will now depart the International Space Station on Sunday, April 24.
to fly four commercial astronauts for Axiom Space, three of them paying passengers, on a short trip to the station. The crew includes commander Michael López-Alegría, a former NASA astronaut; and paying passengers Larry Connor, an American entrepreneur; Mark Pathy, a Canadian entrepreneur; and Israeli investor and entrepreneur Eytan Stibbe.
Connor, Pathy and Stibbe are paying a reported $55 million each for the flight. During their trip, the Ax-1 astronauts have performed a series of experiments,, conducted educational outreach activities and enjoyed the spaceflight experience. The Ax-1 mission was initially expected to last about 10 days, eight of them on the space station, but its duration wasprevented a planned undocking on Tuesday . If the Ax-1 Dragon capsule can undock late Sunday, it is expected to splash down off the Florida coast around 1 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 25.
Ax-1's undocking delays have caused a bit of a traffic jam for NASA's next professional crew to visit the space station.
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