What we know: NASA SpaceX Crew-9 to return Tuesday with 'stuck' Starliner astronauts
NASA removed two astronauts from its Crew-9 mission to allow for Williams and Wilmore to join the cohort, and return onboard the SpaceX Dragon − which carries four people at a time. The altered Crew-9 − only Hague and Gorbunov − launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom in late September.
CHK_Stuck NASA astronauts return to Earth on SpaceX capsule: What to know
Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed the International Space Station (ISS) early on Tuesday morning and splashed down off the coast of Florida after a journey of 17 hours. Boeing’s Starliner, their original return spacecraft, was deemed unsafe for the journey home, forcing the astronauts to stay in space much longer than planned.
This is after slowing down from the orbiting speed of 17,500 mph to a gentle 15 mph, as it splashes down into the ocean.Start ...
After nine months on the International Space Station, a total of 286 days in space to be exact, NASA astronauts Sunita ...
NASA bumped up the return flight home plans for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission that includes a pair of astronauts who were left ...
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