After nine months, it was kept at the International Space Station (EEI), Boch Wilmor and Sonita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, March 18, on a capsule from Spacex. The capsule, the designated Freedom of dragonHe looked at about 10 pm from Portugal in the Gulf of Mexico, next to the coast of the US state of Florida, where he was received by many dolphins.
Astronauts The mission of the crew 9And that can finally leave EEI on board Freedom of dragon, Meanwhile, they were transferred to the ships where they received the first medical care.
In addition to Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, American Nick The Hague and Alexander Gorbonov began the Russian, who joined EEI Expered, last September.
The moment they came out, smiling, from the capsule, after a 17 -hour trip, was broadcast live by NASA. The helicopter flight to the airport and a final plane to Houston, Texas, is still waiting for the Johnson Space Center at the US Space Agency.
When they were released on the first Boeing astronaut in June 2024, Willmore and Williams said they were on a mission in just one week. In history, a capsule Starline Da Boeing He recorded the problems in the payment system, which he considered very dangerous NASA on the flight of astronauts to Earth.
The dilemma witnessed by American astronauts has gained surroundings from the political confrontation when he was the President of the United States and Eileon Musk, SPACEX owner Responsibility for the government efficiency management in the Trump administration, and they pressed NASA to accelerate the release of Crew-10 and accused former President Joe Biden of abandoning Wilmors and Williams in space.
The US Space Agency expects even The launch of the crew 10Initially, scheduling on the 26th of this month.
