Astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor are expected to return to Earth as soon as possible after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Tuesday. The US Space Agency revealed that it has replaced the astronaut capsule for its crew -10 mission with a pre -blown SpaceX crew dragon.
Accessing the Target Launch and Return dates, NASA said in a post on X, “NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and returning to the upcoming crew rotation missions and return dates from the space station. . Crew10 launch is now targeted for March 12. “Crew -10 mission’s four -member campaign crew is ready to bring astronauts back to Earth.
NASA’s updated timeline
The updated timeline for upcoming crew rotation missions coming from the International Space Station has now been taken by 12 March. The launch was earlier scheduled for 25 March. However, the new launch date “pending mission is to complete the readiness and flight readiness.” According to NASA, the Crew -9 mission will return after completing a handover process with the new arrival Crew -10 Expedition Team.
Change in plan
This change in the schedule was possible as the mission management team decided to change the original plan of NASA due to delay in production in the new capsule system. Since, additional processing time will be required for the crew -10 mission associated with the Dragon spacecraft, the agency decided to use the already flowing SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule.
Crew 10 Mission Capsules
Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor will be called ‘Endures’ in the already blown Dragon Capsules. NASA said in a statement, “Teams will work to complete the renewal of the dragon and prepare the spacecraft for the flight, with trunk stack, propellent load and transportation in 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Will be included in the hangar. 9 rockets. ,
Both astronauts flew into the ISS in the Starlineer Capsule in Boeing for an eight-day stay on 5 June 2024. After several snags in the spacecraft, including a helium leakage, they were stranded at the space station, where Sunita Williams is taking charge of ISS.
