Fixed astronauts on ISS: Mission Return has began | EUROtoday

Actually, they need to keep a few week – however virtually ten months later, two US astronauts are nonetheless caught on the ISS. Now a SpaceX rocket has started-with a return flight room capsule for the Americans.

The return flight room capsule for the US astronauts caught on the worldwide house station since June is on the way in which. The “Crew Dragon” of the personal house firm SpaceX by Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk began with the capsule from the Cape Canaveral house station within the US state of Florida.

The begin was initially deliberate for Wednesday, however needed to be postponed on the bottom as a result of a hydraulic drawback. On board is the so -called crew 10 – the US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers in addition to the Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and the Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskow.

“Crew 10” ought to substitute “crew 9”

The “Crew 10” is predicted about 400 kilometers above the earth on the evening of Sunday on Sunday and is meant to interchange the “Crew 9” there – US astronaut Sun Williams, her colleagues Barry Wilmore and Nick Hague in addition to the Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunow. After just a few days collectively on board the ISS, the “Crew 9” ought to then return to Earth.

Hague and Gorbunow have been on board the ISS – Williams and Wilmore because the finish of September since June. Actually, they need to solely keep round every week. However, as a result of technical issues with its “Starliner” spaceship, NASA determined to deliver the breakdown spaceship again to earth in September. The deliberate week turned virtually ten months in house for the 2 skilled astronauts, which had beforehand been on the ISS a number of instances.