Just over a day after take -off, a Spacex crew capsule arrived on Sunday at the International Space Station, leading to the substitutes of the two Astronauts of NASA.
Just over a day after take -off, a Spacex Crew Capsules Sunday came to the International Space Station (Eei), leading to the substitutes of the two Astronauts of NASA. The four newcomersthat represent the United States, Japan and Russia, They will spend the next few days to learn the end of the station With Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. At the end of this week, both will go up to their Spacex capsule, which was there last year, to close an unexpected extended mission that started last June.
Wilmore and Williams expected them to leave only a week when they made the first Boeing Astronout flight A La Isss. They arrived at the nine months sign at the beginning of this month. The Boeing Starliner capsule had so many problems that NASA insisted in which he will return empty, leaving the test drivers behind him waiting for a Spacex lift.
Wilmore opened the door of the space station and then played the ship’s bell while the new arrivals entered one by one and They were welcomed with hugs and handshakes. “It was a wonderful day. It was nice to see our friends coming,” Williams said to Mission Control.
Wilmore and Williams’ journey has come late September with a reduced crew of two people and two empty seats reserved for the return. But sAnd has produced more delays When the brand new capsule of its substitutes needed repairs of exhaustive batteries. An older capsule occupied his place, delaying his return a couple of weeks until mid -March.
If time allows it, The Spacex capsule Which transports Wilmore, Williams and two other astronauts will decorate from the space station not before Wednesday and will deserve on the Florida coast. Until then, there will be 11 astronauts aboard the orbital laboratoryOn behalf of the United States, Russia and Japan.
