The departure from the International Space Station of the Dragon ship with the astronauts of the Ax-3 mission has been postponed until Tuesday

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX postponed to Tuesday the launch of the Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) with four astronauts on board, which was initially scheduled for last Saturday, due to bad weather conditions off the coast of Florida.

After several postponements, Tuesday has now been set Dragon departs from the station's Harmony module spaceport to begin the journey home and land on shore. From Florida.

The four astronauts, Michael Lopez-Alegría, Walter Velade, Markus Wandt and Albert Jezeravci, will spend about two weeks in space at the end of their mission. The Axiom crew, along with Expedition 70, highlighted their time aboard the space station during their farewell speech on Friday.

His Dragon ship will return to Earth carrying more than 230 kilograms of cargo. Including NASA instruments and data from more than 30 different experiments the crew conducted during their mission. .

Ax-3, the third private astronaut mission to the International Space StationIt 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 boost the commercial market in low Earth orbit And continue a new era of space exploration that allows more people and organizations to fly multiple mission objectives. This partnership expands the arc of human spaceflight and opens access to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, science and business opportunities.