Sunita Williams rescue mission: The Space X Crew 9 mission arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. When they boarded, they were greeted by the Expedition 72 crew, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. SpaceX will bring astronauts back in 2025.
Astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov received a warm welcome from Sunita Williams. In an image released by NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Space X Crew 9 and other astronauts can be seen being thanked by Sunita Williams.
‘Quiet journey’
“Alex and I had a smooth ride here,” Nick Hague said, as he thanked the teams who prepared the Space X Crew 9 mission for liftoff. Hague and Gorbunov entered the ISS after opening the hatch between the space station and the pressurized docking adapter at 7:04 p.m. EDT before opening the hatch to Dragon, NASA said in a statement. YEARS reported.
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Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore on the ISS
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June. Launched on June 5 on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, it marked the first crewed mission. It arrived at the space station on June 6. In August, NASA determined it would be “too risky” to bring astronauts back, leading to the decision to return the Starliner to Earth without its crew. The spacecraft landed successfully on September 6.
Williams and Wilmore continued their duties as part of the expedition, and now plan to return them to Earth in February 2025. What was initially planned to be a week-long test flight has now been extended to approximately eight months.
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