The return of the astronauts Peggy Whitson (USA), Shubhanshu Shukla (India), Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski (Poland), and Tibor Kapu (Hungary) marked significant national firsts and global collaboration in human spaceflight. Upon their splashdown, the astronauts were flown to Houston, touching down at Galaxy FBO to complete their mission at the Axiom Space and Johnson Space Center facilities.
As mission veterans, these private astronauts are pioneers of the commercial space era—recently, Sławosz U.‑W. made history as Poland’s first ISS astronaut, and similarly for India and Hungary. After completing their groundbreaking mission and ferry flights from California, the crew reunited with their friends and family at the Galaxy FBO’s Houston Hobby Airport facility and to begin their final steps on complete the remaining of their mission duties.
Ax‑4’s 18-day mission included 60+ science experiments and outreach events, furthering microgravity research. Galaxy anchored the end of one mission while preparing ground support for future ones. Galaxy FBO’s core services include top-tier general aviation support: executive arrivals, hangar storage, customs facilitation, and concierge ground transportation Galaxy FBO. Now, wrapped into that service is an even grander role—that of landing spacecraft crew and VIP astronauts. This raises Galaxy’s brand: serving global travelers, and now space travelers.
Astronaut Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski then boarded a Polish government Boeing 737-8TV/W (BBJ2) aircraft for an eight-hour flight to Cologne, Germany where he started his post-mission readaptation at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Envihab medical facility.
At the core of Galaxy FBO’s operations is a reputation built on consistency, safety, and thoughtful luxury. But handling returning Apollo alumni and private astronauts? That’s an orbital bit of next-level service.
