PEGGY WHITSON

A private crew is back on Earth after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station.

After Sunday’s SpaceX Axiom Mission 2 launch, the Falcon 9 booster successfully returned and landed on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, creating a sonic boom heard along the Space Coast.

SpaceX's next private flight to the International Space Station is awaiting takeoff.

Axiom-2 is set to light up the sky over the Space Coast Sunday afternoon as a second group of private astronauts kick off a science mission to the International Space Station, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

Four crew members for Axiom Mission 2 will be speaking ahead of this week's planned launch.

The next all-private crew mission for Axiom Space is expected next month.

Commercial space company, Axiom Space, announced the full crew for Axiom Mission 2.

SpaceX and Axiom Space are reporting all systems are a go for the first private crew rocketing to the International Space Station Friday.

SpaceX will launch four paying crews to the ISS starting next year.

Here are answers to five questions about what “basic” life is like for astronauts on the ISS. As if they are going to a restaurant, astronauts can choose which food items they want off of a menu. On the ISS, astronauts use liquid soap, water and no rinse shampoo. Given the microgravity means, there is no up or down, and astronauts can sleep in any orientation, according to NASA. The station has small crew cabins with sleeping bags that astronauts sleep in.