Astronauts return to Earth after private space station trip

Astronauts return to Earth after private space station trip
The 11 International Space Station crew members with, in blue, the Axiom Space 3 crew, Walter Villadei, Alper Gezeravci and Marcus Wandt. Above them hanging upside down in blue is Axiom Space’s Michael Lopez-Alegria (Nasa via AP)

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station.

The trio were accompanied by a retired Nasa astronaut who now works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight.

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