KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The return of the first all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station, Axiom-1, has been delayed by 24 hours.

NASA officials announced Saturday that Axiom-1 is now set to departure from ISS Sunday at 8:55 p.m.

Axiom-1 was previously set to leave the ISS Saturday night.

NASA officials said the splashdown return of Axiom-1 off the coast of Florida should now take place around 1 p.m. Monday.

NASA said the delayed return of Axiom-1 should not impact the launch of SpaceX Crew-4 mission on Wednesday.

Original report:

The crew of the first all-private mission to the International Space Station will start their trip back to Earth on Saturday.

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The Axiom Mission 1 is set to undock and depart from the ISS at 8:35 p.m.

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The crew will then de-orbit their spacecraft for a splash-down landing off the coast of Florida around 1:46 p.m. on Sunday.

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Axiom-1 becomes first all-private crewed mission to dock with ISS

The Axiom crew was originally supposed to undock on Tuesday, but rough weather conditions delayed their departure.

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After the Axiom crew leaves the ISS, there will be room for the arrival of SpaceX’s Crew-4 astronauts.

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The earliest launch date for that Crew-4 mission is at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday.

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