SpaceX successfully drove four into space on Friday to embark on a mission that would allow the International Space Station to have enough crew members to allow astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth after their nine-month stay.
The mission, known as the CREW-10, will see SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft dock later Saturday along with the International Space Station (ISS). The new astronauts will overlap with the existing crew for a few days before Williams and Wilmore (and two others) return to our planet. This may happen on March 19 (when weather permits).
The launch of SpaceX Crew to the International Space Station has become a daily routine, but the mission is highly anticipated due to how Williams and Wilmore arrived at the station in the first place – and because SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blamed former President Joe Biden for its extended stay.
The duo was part of the first launch of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft last June. The test mission should be a key milestone for Boeing to compete with SpaceX for these types of crew launches.
Starliner should dock with ISS for 10 days before returning Williams and Wilmore to Earth. However, the spacecraft encountered leaks and thruster issues, which caused Starliner to dock with the ISS.
The Starliner was eventually combined with the station, and the astronauts were able to board the plane. But Boeing and NASA spent weeks testing and analyzing Decided in August Bring Starliner back to Earth.
NASA and SpaceX agree to bring astronauts back to the ISS of the next crew mission, Crew-9. They ran into two astronauts from that flight to accommodate Williams and Wilmore’s return. The return flight is scheduled for February 2025; NASA said earlier flights would have understaffed the ISS.
Although Williams and Wilmore have been on the ISS, Musk Through the rampage of the federal government and its government efficiency ministry. Musk starts saying – both in X and in an interview) Propose to bring the astronaut back Earlier, but Biden refused for political reasons.
Musk provided no evidence to support this claim. NASA Both explain The proposal Musk did not make arrived at the space agency’s headquarters.
