{"id":108830,"date":"2024-09-30T20:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108830"},"modified":"2024-09-30T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:15:52","slug":"stuck-nasa-astronauts-welcome-spacex-capsule-thatll-bring-them-home-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108830","title":{"rendered":"Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that&#8217;ll bring them home next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The two astronauts <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boeing-spacex-nasa-astronauts-starliner-e4e81e5a6c23dee2f8f72260ddea011c\">stuck at the International Space Station<\/a><\/span> since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday\u2019s arrival of a SpaceX capsule.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spacex-launch-boeing-nasa-stuck-astronauts-e179d0dc6c77d224278fd0430148ff8b\">launched the rescue mission<\/a><\/span> on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/stuck-astronauts-boeing-starliner-nasa-1933b64f91ba06713e57446e2dbee1c4\">Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams<\/a><\/span>, who will return next year. The Dragon capsule docked in darkness as the two craft soared 265 miles (426 kilometers) above Botswana. <\/p>\n<p>NASA switched Wilmore and Williams to SpaceX following concerns over the safety of their <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nasa-stuck-astronauts-boeing-starliner-92dca67a1fbecf05f5f0e6e2e79afc3b\">Boeing Starliner<\/a><\/span> capsule. It was the first Starliner test flight with a crew, and NASA decided the thruster failures and helium leaks that cropped up after liftoff were too serious and poorly understood to risk the test pilots\u2019 return. So Starliner returned to Earth empty earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>The Dragon carrying NASA\u2019s Nick Hague and the Russian Space Agency\u2019s Alexander Gorbunov will remain at the space station until February, turning what should have been a weeklong trip for Wilmore and Williams into a mission lasting more than eight months.<\/p>\n<p>Two NASA astronauts were pulled from the mission to make room for Wilmore and Williams on the return leg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say welcome to our new compadres,\u201d Williams, the space station commander, said once Hague and Gorbunov floated inside and were embraced by the nine astronauts awaiting them.<\/p>\n<p>Hague said it was a smooth flight up. \u201cComing through the hatch and seeing all the smiles, and as much as I\u2019ve laughed and cried in the last 10 minutes, I know it\u2019s going to be an amazing expedition,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>NASA likes to replace its station crews every six months or so. SpaceX has provided the taxi service since the company\u2019s first astronaut flight in 2020. NASA also hired Boeing for ferry flights after the space shuttles were retired, but flawed software and other Starliner issues led to years of delays and more than $1 billion in repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Starliner inspections are underway at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, with post-flight reviews of data set to begin this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a long way from saying, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re writing off Boeing,\u2019\u201d NASA\u2019s associate administrator Jim Free said at a pre-launch briefing. <\/p>\n<p>The arrival of two fresh astronauts means the four who have been up there since March can now return to Earth in their own SpaceX capsule in just over a week, bringing the station\u2019s crew size back down to the normal seven. Their stay was extended a month because of the Starliner turmoil. <\/p>\n<p>Although Saturday\u2019s liftoff went well, SpaceX said the rocket\u2019s spent upper stage ended up outside its targeted impact zone in the Pacific because of a bad engine firing. The company has halted all Falcon launches until it figures out what went wrong.was extended a month because of the Starliner turmoil.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group. 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