SpaceX Capsule Returns NASA Astronauts After 9 Months Aboard ISS
Americans Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely brought home after 286 days in space.
Americans Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely brought home after 286 days in space.
Company is looking for buyers for its space program, which includes the Starliner vehicle and operating parts of the ISS.
The space agency outlined its spacecraft salvage operation as astronauts are forced to stay at ISS another six months.
According to reports, NASA is weighing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ return on a SpaceX Dragon.
The effort aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule is expected to launch Saturday at 11:28 a.m. EDT.
No existing spacecraft meets the propulsive needs of the U.S. deorbit vehicle, which will bring the International Space Station back to Earth.
For the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on June 6, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to the media.
NASA and Boeing representatives on Friday said the crew will not return until additional testing, which may take weeks, is complete.
The space agency is enlisting the private firm to build an International Space Station vehicle that will ‘destructively break up’ along with the station when it is retired in 2030.
The semireusable space capsule has a new launch target after yet another issue postponed its first crewed flight to Wednesday at the earliest.