NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore are ready to return to Earth in this march. His eight-day migration from Earth was extended nearly nine months after his Boeing Starlineer spacecraft detected with defects. They are now preparing to return home to the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
When will the two Starlineer-Nasa astronauts return to Earth? Will this be the “final goodbye” of Sunita Williams? Will Elon Musk help her return?
Sunita Williams Date back: When will she ride back home?
NASA hopes that the crew of Sunita Williams will return on 16 March.
NASA officials said on Saturday that the crew 9 – NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Buch Wilmor, Nick Heg and Roscosmos Cosmonot Alexander Gorbunov – The crew would return after the launch of 10 in space.
Crew is a replacement for crew 9 – which reached the International Space Station in September 2024.
Currently, crew is going to launch 10 at 7:48 pm on EDT, Wednesday, March 12. “So, launched for crew 10 for March 12, crew 9 ignores [return] It will be held on 16 March, “NASA official said at a teleclane on Saturday.
What if the launch of the crew 10 is delayed?
If the launch of crew 10 is delayed, the return of crew -9 may also be delayed. The NASA official said that there is a need for two full day period between the crew 10 and crew 9.
So if the crew launches on 10 March, then the target docking time will take place at around 10 pm on EDT, Thursday, March 13. This means that the handover between crew 9 and crew 10 will be on March 14 and 15, and then the crew will return on 9 March.
NASA said that if the conditions are not favorable for crew 10 launch on March 12, there are opportunities for launch on March 13 at 7:35 pm and on March 14 at 7:04 pm.
In this way, the return date for Crew 9 will be on 17 March and 18 March.
Will this be the “final goodbye” of Sunita Williams?
Sunita Williams was asked on March 4: “Do you think you are saying a final goodbye to ISS and you are planning to leave anything personal?”
Sunita Williams said, “NASA’s astronaut replied,” Oh I don’t remember that this could be my last flight. This is a little sad, I am trying to think not much about it.
For the second question, he said that something could be hidden for the next crew. “Maybe they have to find something … I am not going to tell you where they have to find.”
Will Elon Musk help Sunita Williams return?
NASA will already return to Earth at Sunita Williams and other crew 9 members SpaceX’s dragon spacecraft. SpaceX is owned by Musk.
NASA has officially certified SpaceX’s crew system and has introduced regular missions with astronauts for the international space station. SpaceX’s crew Dragon spacecraft launched the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 39A, launched at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Despite this, US President Donald Trump said he had asked his close advisor Elon Musk to help him back to Earth.
Trump recently stated that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk “is now preparing a ship to go” and get them. However, he said that Kasturi is preparing starships to bring back astronauts.
“So I have authorized Elon. A week ago, I said, we have two people who (who) Biden and Kamala (Harris) left, and he knows it very well. I said, ‘Are you equipped to get them?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He has found a starship, and they are preparing it right now, and is therefore going to Elon and going to receive them, “Tram said.
