NASA astronauts return from long Space Station stay prompted by Boeing problems

Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Boch” have returned to Earth after nine months at Wilmore International Space Station-a trip that was originally long than a planned thanks. Leaked and thruster problems They used to go there on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

A SpaceX Dragon Capsule on Tuesday at 5:57 ET on Tuesday after a 17-hour return from ISS to Williams and Wilmore’s Mexico Gulf.

Their return identifies the end of one of the unfamiliar chapters in recent spaceflight history, thanks to the problems that Boeing’s Starliner felt and how SpaceX CEO Elon Mask did politics for the return of the innovators.

Williams and Wilmore initially launched the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2021, as part of a mission that was important in favor of Boeing’s efforts to compete against SpaceX. Aviation Behemoth won an agreement along with SpaceX in the 21st, finally sending astronauts for NASA for NASA to take them out of the solar system.

SpaceX has performed it First crew flight In the first days of the Covid epidemic – including the Crew Dragon Spacec Volume in 2020. Boeing’s Starliner Project, already, was dragged Out And delay.

In June 2021, the flight was supposed to help Boeing to see everything. The goal was to send Williams and Wilmore to ISS and then bring them back to their homes shortly after. However, the Starliner even felt problems before dock with ISS. In the end, when they started the journey, NASA and Boeing spent a few weeks to test before deciding to bring back without the astronaut.

NASA quickly started working with SpaceX in plans to bring Wilmore and Wilmore back. A little behind, they decided to wait early 2025 to bring the two homes so that the ISST is not short employees.

Although in recent months, Kasturi claimed (without providing any evidence) that he had previously proposed to bring astronauts home – and former President Joe Biden rejected the proposal because it would help his political rival Donald Trump.

Under Biden contains the former administrator and sub -administrator of NASA Both D The space agency was not aware of any offers. CNN Report on Tuesday Veteran officials of the White House also claimed that they were not aware of any offers.

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