After being detained in space for more than nine months, NASA Sunnita Wiliams’ astronauts and Booth Wilmore finally stopped International Space Station (ISS) and they now headed back to the ground. For the unhappy, Williams and Wilmore were sent to space in June 2024, but with unexpected engine problems in their Boeing StarlinerThey were in the ISS. Finally, in September 2024, the Dragon spacecraft with two astronauts- Nick hega And Alexander Gorbunov- was sent to the ISS instead of the usual four, with the mission to return Williams and Willmo (part of the crew 9). On March 14, after a long delay, four Spacex-10 NASA crew was sent to the Dragon spacecraft, and the next day he clung to the ISS. After a short transmission between the 9 and the crew 10, the Hague, Williams, Willmore and Gorbunov, it is now planned to return to Earth on Wednesday, March 19.
It is interesting to note that at a time when the US and Russia strained political equations, it seems that Indian origin NASA Sunnit Wiliams Cosmonaut He helped in the unification of the two countries. How? Well, a two -wilted crew that was sent to return Sunnit Williams and Butch Willmor, included Nick Hig, which is the American astronaut, and the Russian Roscosmos Kosmanut Alexander Gorbunov. Although this was Nick Higg’s second stay in the ISS, it was the first Alexander Gorbunov.
Not only that, four Spacex Crew-10 NASA crew, who have now replaced 9 crew members, has astronauts from different nationalities, including Americans and Russian. They, namely: NASA McClein’s astronauts and Nicol Eers, Jacques (Japanese Aerospace Agency) Cosmonaut Takui Anisha and Russian Roskosmos of Cosmanut Kirill Peskov.
According to NASA, Anne McClein is a crew-10 commander, and she will serve as a flight engineer during the 72/73 expeditions aboard the ISS. Nasa astronaut Nicole Eser Crew-10, and this is her first cosmic mission. Meanwhile, the Jacques’ astronaut Takuya Onishi is a Crew-10 mission specialist and makes his second flight to the space station. It will serve as a flight engineer during the 72/73 expedition. And the Russian Roskosmos of Cosmanut Kirill Pesko is also a mission specialist for Crew-10 and makes his first flight to the space station. Peskov will serve as a flight engineer during the expeditions 72/73.
Meanwhile, Nick Hig, Alexander Gorbunov, Sunnit Williams and Booth Willmor are currently on the way to the ground, and they are expected to land at 03:27 ist on March 19. The exact place in Mexico will depend on the weather conditions. They will then be transported to the Johnson Space Center in NASA in Houston, Texas, a recovery team where the astronauts will undergo conventional medical evaluations.
