NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Are About to Come Home to Earth

NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore has been at the International Space Station for more than eight months, although it is expected to stay for about eight days. But it’s time to come home finally. A relief crew for USS, Florida’s Kennedy Space Center and Williams and Wilmore are expected to go home until March 16.

A new crew to the ISS, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Intelligence Agency Astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos Astronaut Kirill Peskov.

After arrival, there will be a two-day delivery time, then Williams, Williams, Wilmore, NASA Astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov will return to earth.

Williams on March 7 Handed the ISS command As Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchin, preparing to return home.

‘We’re not falling’

Williams spoke to PBS Newshour They do not feel abandoned by NASA recently.

“It is clear that there is a lot of discussion about it, so people could think that we have this way, but we do not stick.” “We are part of a bigger process, isn’t it?”

When asked about the practicality of being in space, it was not possible for more than expected, without additional supply, this was not a problem.

“We started with fewer clothes, if you wanted, he was intentional,” he said. “We needed some extra gears needed – need a space station. We brought us with us. So we came out of our part. It turned out a week or so.

“But we did. The space station program is likely to be a large number of foods that are expected in four months, at least – it’s longer, wet wipes, more than eating, eating and other conditions.”

Wilmore told PBS that he was able to speak through space with his family, he said he did not talk to his two daughters, but his youngest daughter’s girlfriend.

“As a father for girls, this is my responsibility,” he said.

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Space Write SpaceWalk

Williams set a record for their stay. Wilmore went to a 5-hour, 26-minute space damp, and with this departure, the record was prevailed by a woman spent on the cosmic facility. According to Space.comWilliams now has 62 hours and 21 minutes from the former astronaut Peggy Peggy Peggy Peggy 62 hours and 6 minute space walking.

On the most recent space trip, the two finally tried to finally relieve the unit of radios in a fault, could not be removed from astronauts in the previous space zone.

Williams, the astronaut Nick former to the space device previously combined with Hague January 16. According to NASA, this space road replaced GYRO assembly on the space, Williams and the Hague, which helps protect the orbital forpost. Astronauts, an international star subtle structure Explorer Explorer Explorer Explorer Explorer Explorer includes patches covering damaged areas with a R-Ray telescore, one of the international dock-opening devices consists of one reflector and connecting tools and connectivity.

Who are the astronauts?

Wilmore, 61 and Williams are 58, veteran astronauts and are both offshore officers and past test pilots. Williams has been to NASA astronaut since 1998 and has been Wilmore since 2000. Both have a lot of experience in space.

Williams ran the first marathon by the first marathon of a woman (seven) and one woman (50 hours 40 minutes) and in 2007 by the first marathon of marathon in space.

In 2009, Wilmore, Space Shuttle Atlantis was part of the ISS crew, which uses a 3D printer to produce a vehicle in 2014 – in space, first produced something from the world.

What was the original mission in space?

Wilmore, commanders and Williams, as a pilot, went to a capsule in a 15-meter width named Ulduner, Boeing. They started on June 5 and started on June 6. declare.

Wilmore and Williams’s ISS mission should last eight days, will test the Starliner’s aspects during this period and see how it works with a human staff in space. But there are still two astronauts due to complications with Starliner.

How did they first stick in space?

This Starliner was delayed Due to a problem with a valve in the rocket in May. Then the engineers had to make a helium leak. Everything for Boeing is bad news. That is Compete with Spacexwhich To transport the astronauts to ISS To make more than 20 successful visites to the Space Station since 2020.

On June 5, Starliner finally started with an Atlas V rocket, but some problems came along with the launcher. NASA announced that Three helium leaks He left, one known before the flight and two new ones. In addition to leaks, the staff was able to successfully dock with the crafts USS, although the failed control of unsuccessful managers.

There are failures on SpaceX. One Falcon 9 missiles exploded In Launchpad in 2016. In July of this year, 9 rockets of a hawk were leaked in liquid oxygen and placed their satellites in the wrong orbit, in the New York Times declare. In addition, in late August, a Falcon 9 missiles lost the first step-by-step strengthening when it fell on the Atlantic Ocean and He caught fire.

But it said Spacex was more than 300 successful Falcon 9 flights to credit.

Stood in space: a timeline

• May: Starliner was delayed due to a problem with a valve on the missile, then a helium leak.
• June 5: Starry Williams and Wilmore begins on the plane.
• June 6: ulduner, Three Helium leaks and docks with ISS, although it is engaged in unsuccessful management workers.
• September 6: Starliner, Williams and Williame, the rest of the New Mexico, sends off ISS and lands.
• September 28: SpaceX Crew-9 mission begins on a dragha spacecraft with The Hague and Gorbunov.
• September 29: Spacex Dragon Docs with ISS.
• December 17: NASA will be launched to the ISS of four crew members to the end of February.
• March 12: New crew, NASA astronauts, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Intelligence Agency Astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos Astronaut Kirill Peskov, ISS is expected to begin.
• About 16: SpaceX Dragon Space Ship will return to the ground with Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov.