Instead of every week they spent greater than 9 months in house: the ISS astronauts Williams and Wilmore are actually on the way in which again to Earth. They ought to arrive within the US state of Florida this night.
After greater than 9 months, it has now labored: the 2 astronauts Sun Williams and Butch Wilmore are on the way in which again to Earth. Together with two different house drivers, the Americans left the worldwide house station ISS on board a “Dragon” capsule at 6.05 a.m., as confirmed by the US room journey authority NASA.
“We will miss you, but we wish you a good trip home,” mentioned NASA astronaut Anne McClain from the ISS. It is among the members of the “Crew 10” who changed the 2. The recent crew ought to stay in house till autumn.
In the night (5,57 native time, 10:57 p.m. CET), the capsule is to placed on the water off the coast of the US state of Florida.
Ten months as an alternative of every week
The two astronauts Wilmore and Williams had truly deliberate to solely spend round every week in house for the take a look at of the “Starliner” capsule of Boeing in the beginning of June of final 12 months. However, as a consequence of technical issues with its “Starliner” spaceship, NASA determined to deliver the breakdown spaceship again to earth in September.
Helium leaks had been found earlier than the beginning and in the course of the flight. There had been additionally issues on the drawers of the capsule, that are mandatory for exact maneuvering. It was the primary manned flight of the Boeing room capsule, the commissioning of which had been delayed for years as a consequence of technical difficulties. The “Starliner” then flew again to Earth with out a crew.
The deliberate week grew to become nearly ten months in house for the 2 skilled astronauts, which had beforehand been on the ISS a number of instances.
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