Posted on 07/14/2025 10:34:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The International Space Station’s first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary headed back to Earth on Monday, wrapping up a private mission and catching a ride home with SpaceX.
Their capsule undocked from the orbiting lab and aimed for a splashdown the next morning in the Pacific off the Southern California coast.
The short, privately financed mission marked the first time in more than 40 years that India, Poland and Hungary saw one of their own rocket into orbit. The three astronauts were accompanied by America’s most experienced space flier, Peggy Whitson, who works for Axiom Space, which chartered the flight. They launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 25.
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I knew nothing about this Space venture.
I’m glad it went well, or is going well.
At least they haven’t gotten stuck on an unexpected Space Stay like that team did last year, all thanks to Biden.
Agreed. No publicity about this at all.
Hence the word Private
I saw a picture of the Polish Astronaut eating Peirogi in Space
Musk and Bezos are private also and we hear about theirs always.
Nice!
A Hungarian, Indian, and a Pollock spacewalk into a bar…
The first 7 11 has been establish3d in Outer Sace.
How weightlessness affects the behavior of holupki [cabbage rolls] with curry and paprika additions...
Very hush hush research...
I thought trump was closing down spacex and sending musk back to south africa.
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