Overview

• The Exploration Company launched Mission Possible aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 24, 2025.
• The capsule separated cleanly from the rocket, completed two and a half orbits and withstood the thermal stresses of re-entry.
• Contact was lost seconds before the planned Pacific Ocean splashdown, causing the capsule to crash and leaving 26 customer payloads unrecovered.
• On board were 300 kilograms of cargo, including Markus Söder’s Bavaria One cup, cosmetic hair samples and fungal spores for microgravity research.
• The company has apologized to customers and is investigating a suspected parachute failure to inform its next-generation Nyx capsule, slated for an ISS mission in 2028.