The Axiom-3 (Ax-3) crew, including Turkey's first astronaut Alper Gezeravci, has returned to Earth aboard the Dragon spacecraft capsule.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) launched at 16:49 local time. It also features Turkey's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravci.

The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which was supposed to carry the Axiom-3 mission to the International Space Station, has been delayed for a day.

Turkey's first astronaut Alper Gezeravci will fly to the International Space Station on the night of January 18 as part of the third Axiom (Ax-3) commercial mission.