The departure of the Dragon spacecraft from the ISS with astronauts from the Ax-3 mission has been postponed to Tuesday

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have postponed to Tuesday the departure of the Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) carrying four astronauts, originally scheduled for last Saturday, due to poor weather conditions off the coast of Florida.

After several delays, it is set for Tuesday. Departure of the Dragon from the space port of the Harmony module to begin its journey home and land on shore. from Florida.

The four private astronauts – Michael Lopez-Alegria, Walter Villaday, Markus Wandt and Alper Gezeravci – will spend about two weeks in space at the end of their mission. The Axiom crew, along with Expedition 70, spoke about their time aboard the space station during a farewell speech on Friday.

His ship, the Dragon, will return to Earth with more than 230 kilograms of cargo. including NASA equipment and data from more than 30 different experiments the crew conducted during their mission. .

Ax-3, the third fully private astronaut mission to the ISS.successfully lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 18.

The Ax-3 mission is part of NASA’s efforts to develop a commercial market in low Earth orbit. and continue a new era of space exploration that will allow more people and organizations to fly for a variety of purposes. This partnership expands the scope of human spaceflight and opens access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, scientific and business opportunities.