Ax-2 Mission | Splashdown

After 10 days in space, Dragon and Axiom Space’s Ax-2 astronauts Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni, and Rayyanah Barnawi, returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of Florida at 11:04 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 30.

Falcon 9 launched Dragon and the Ax-2 crew to the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, May 21 at 5:37 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Ax-2 was Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, and the second of four missions SpaceX will launch to the space station on behalf of Axiom Space via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Dragon vehicles.

[thedarkside]

1:00:52 views from the recovery ship,
1:03:42 views from the plane,
1:04:15 deployment of two drogue parachutes,
1:05:03//1:05:30~| |~ of the four main parachutes,
1:08:10 splashdown,
1:31:05 dude jumps off a capsule,
1:42:20 hatch opening,
1:50:43 1st astronaut,
1:52:00 2nd ~| |~,
1:53:42 3rd ~| |~,
1:54:55 4th ~| |~.

Thanks.

[Urufu-san]

It gets so routine now that we have to remind ourselves that every single mission without a failure is an extremely impressive feat. The precision needed, the tech, all these countless heads and hands working together here, that just shows what we are capable of when we pull ourselves together.

[plebcrabslayer]

Kudos to SpaceX, NASA et al. for another unbelievably routine sequence! Some things are forever interesting, impressive and awesome! 💛🚀👏💛

[KevinNguyen]

Glad that they made it home. The end of a historic mission!

[edelahaye]

The reentry sequence (blackout, parachutes, splashdown) has always been an emotional moment, since the Mercury program ...

[Martin-yxdi]

I hope everyone of these astronauts they go up and come back down are you knowledged along with SpaceX and how much excitement it brings back to the space industry and I think you guys do a great job detailing. The information is provided to you makes me feel very proud. Thank you.🎉

[ryansmithza]

Amazing! 3 years and done so well, that's real professionalism, so awesome!

[notoriousmr]

Your best video that I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing this emotional experience. 😢

[critical_always]

Disembarking is just as painfully slow as a regular airliner.

[cooper]

This splashed down about an hour and a half from me. Thank you SpaceX for waking up my entire neighborhood 😂😂

[FeelGoodOK]

Awesome return! Congrats, SpaceX and Axiom!

[danapeck]

Great coverage, really enjoyed the expanded look at recovery team, much appreciated

[clevergirl]

Congrats SpaceX on their 9th successful recovery of crew dragon!
And on the day of the 3 year anniversary of Demo-2 as well!

[christopherdurham]

Okay, that shot of the actual splashdown was EXTREMELY cool.

[arnaldoalbelda]

I watched the returned of AX-2 and i cannot hols on my tears, what a beautiful movement of the support personnel and crews. I saw 2 female support the retrelieval of female crew. What a respect... nice job.

[sputnikalgrim]

I will always enjoy this. I was born in ‘76 and grew up with the space shuttle, it was sad when NASA slowed down. SpaceX has made this Gen Xer very very happy.

[SnailHammer]

I heard the sonic boom in Pensacola Floriduh! It echoed for nearly 2 minutes! I missed the live cast though😢

[oanhtranthikim]

Greatings to see the whole
teams making mission successfully that seem bright for the next mission.

[JustJon]

I live near the landing area. The whole area heard the sonic boom and everyone went outside thinking someone was outside their house.

[joantowles]

Welcome back! After 10 days, a much deserved egress into bed for rest and relaxation. Great job! 🎈