SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule safely arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, ultimately delivering the two Boeing Strainer astronauts back to Earth after months in space.
The SpaceX spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Haig and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov was on a 5-month mission to bring the stranded Boeing cosmonauts home this afternoon. We docked at the ISS at 5:30.
Crew Dragon opened at approximately 7:04 p.m., allowing Haag and Gorbunov to enter the space station. Rescuers worked with Wilmore and Williams, who were left behind. held a welcome ceremony The two, along with seven other crew members currently stationed on the ISS.
There are two vacant seats aboard the Crew Dragon, which will be filled by Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on the return trip scheduled for February, and will be filled by Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. The journey in question will come to an end.
Wilmore and Williams' mission was originally scheduled to last just eight days before trouble broke out.
The mission marked Starliner's first flight, but the Boeing plane suffered a serious thruster failure and helium leak, leading NASA to return the capsule to Earth without Wilmore and Williams, who remained on the ISS. I chose that.
Haag and Gorbunov's flight to rescue stranded cosmonauts did not go without problems.
Crew Dragon successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday afternoon, but SpaceX later announced that the Falcon 9 rocket that propelled Crew Dragon during the first part of its journey had problems separating from the capsule. revealed that it had occurred.
“Following today's successful launch of Crew 9, Falcon 9's second stage was disposed of in the ocean as planned, but it deviated from nominal values and suffered a deorbit burn,” the company said in a statement. Post to X. “As a result, the second stage landed safely in the ocean, but outside the target area.”
According to XPost, SpaceX plans to suspend all flights using its Falcon 9, the world's most frequently launched rocket, while it investigates the issue.
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