The mission is being managed and operated by Axiom Space, a private US company. It will use the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft made by SpaceX, the world’s biggest private space entity.

This successful landing represents the 464th recovery of a Falcon family booster and the 52nd landing at Landing Zone 1, underscoring SpaceX’s leadership in rocket reusability.

India marked a momentous return to human spaceflight on Wednesday as Shubhanshu Shukla became the first Indian astronaut to reach the International Space Station (ISS), 41 years after Rakesh Sharma's historic mission.