SpaceX Crew Dragon Earth Reentry: Part 1 | Axiom Space Ax-4 Mission

SpaceX Crew Dragon Earth Reentry: Part 1 | Axiom Space Ax-4 Mission

Expedition 73 Commander, flight engineer, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi on the International Space Station: "The Ax-4 Dragon 'Grace' re-entering atmosphere. I was watching it from another Dragon in space. It was one of the most amazing scenes I’d ever watched. Congratulations to the Axiom team on a successful mission!"

After 18 days in space, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and the Ax-4 astronauts Peggy Whitson (USA), Shubhandshu Shukla (India/ISRO), Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (Poland/ESA), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary) returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of California at 2:31 a.m. PT on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, June 25 at 2:31 a.m. ET.

The private astronauts spent over two weeks aboard the International Space Station, conducting a mission of science, outreach, and commercial activities.

Learn more about Ax-4: 
https://www.axiomspace.com/missions/ax4

Follow Expedition 73:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 1 minute, 33 seconds
Release Date: July 15, 2025

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