The first all-European commercial astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off on January 18, 2024. Four crewmembers, Commander Michael López-Alegría of the U.S. and Spain, Pilot Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, and Mission Specialists Alper Gezeravcı of Türkiye and Marcus Wandt of Sweden and the European Space Agency (ESA) were the passengers on the Axiom Mission 3 (or Ax-3) private spaceflight to the International Space Station. Lasting 21-days , SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida aboard a at 8:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 9. This was the Axiom space's third crewed mission to the ISS.