A planned mission to simply last days, ended up becoming long waiting months for astronauts of the US space agency. The crew-10 will take off the way to the International Space Station to bring them back.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), announced Wednesday that he is working together with Spacexthe American aerospace company, to safely return to the Astronauts agency stranded in space, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, “As soon as it is practical.”
The two large companies confirmed that the Crew-10 mission will take to the International Space Station (EEI) at the end of March 2025which aims to return to mission crew Spacex-9 crew of the agency, with the Astronauts NASA Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, and the Cosmonaut de Roscosmos, Aleksandr Gorbunov.
The problematic stay in the Williams and Wilmore space
The two astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmorethey are going through a period of time in the space that had not been planned from the beginning. He June 6, 2024they left for the International Space Station aboard the spacecraft Boeing Starlinerwith the aim of testing the capsule, where the damage that caused their permanence and waits on the ship.
The mission, that it was planned to simply last days, it ended up transforming into several monthsfull of postponements, uncertainties and doubts. The main fault they detected was the helium leakage to the Starliner and problems with 5 of the 28 Propulors Reaction of the ship near the International Space Station; a combination that returned super risky the return to the earth.
“The POT and Spacex They are working quickly to back up to the astronauts of the crew-9 of Spacex, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, as soon as possible; while also preparing for the launch of the crew-10 to complete the transfer between expeditions, “confirmed the American space agency In his X account, after having postponed the initial plan of rescue them in February.
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