See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com

More than two dozen Starlink satellites will be delivered into low-Earth orbit Tuesday evening when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the California coast.

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with Ax-4 astronauts is expected to splashdown off the San Diego coast, creating a sonic boom, at around 2:31 a.m. PT on Tuesday.

A SpaceX Dragon crew vents and begins to exit the spacecraft for a spacewalk in this animation. Credit: SpaceX

A SpaceX Dragon capsule safely returned the Axiom Mission 4 crew to Earth on Tuesday after nearly three weeks in space.

SpaceX's Dragon Grace, carrying the Ax-4 crew including the Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, undocked from the ISS after nearly three weeks of space exploration.

The Dragon spacecraft piloted by Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down with grace, completing its mission after 18 days on the ISS. Waving to the camera, a smiling ‘Shux’ egressed from the Dragon spacecraft which he had piloted.