{"id":117917,"date":"2024-10-24T18:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117917"},"modified":"2024-10-24T18:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:46:57","slug":"spacexs-crew-8-capsule-is-coming-home-heres-why-boeing-starliners-astronauts-arent-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117917","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX\u2019s Crew-8 capsule is coming home. Here\u2019s why Boeing Starliner\u2019s astronauts aren\u2019t on it"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p3d64000mtto3brq6dnnw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The two test pilots for the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft \u2014 NASA\u2019s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore \u2014 left Earth for the International Space Station under the impression their trip would last only about one week.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00033b6m8w3pj2wb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Months later, after determining that the technical issues the Starliner experienced on the first leg of their journey posed too much of a risk, NASA decided to return Williams and Wilmore home aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2m572eb00023b6maf3ente7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But that did not mean the astronauts would get the first flight back to Earth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00043b6mjy8zsvqp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A SpaceX Crew Dragon,\u00a0on a mission dubbed Crew-8, left the International Space Station on Wednesday, but Williams and Wilmore will once again be left behind for the simple reason that they are not assigned to that specific spacecraft.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00053b6mw0u5tgzi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Notably, the four astronauts that are assigned to Crew-8\u2019s mission \u2014 NASA\u2019s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps as well as Alexander Grebenkin of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos \u2014 have been on the ISS since March 5, roughly three months longer than Williams and Wilmore.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00063b6mg68m6fag@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That\u2019s because the Crew-8 team is part of a regular crew rotation at the orbiting laboratory, and routine missions typically last about six months.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00073b6mq0ak5ssw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The team disembarked from the ISS Wednesday afternoon and is heading for a splashdown off the coast of Florida. That\u2019s slated to happen on Friday at 3:30 a.m. ET, according to NASA.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm26pkluy001d3b6m7goq9fq4@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"KSC-20240112-PH-SPX01_0004~large.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6664864864864865\" data-original-height=\"1233\" data-original-width=\"1850\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ksc-20240112-ph-spx01-0004-large.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1233\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ksc-20240112-ph-spx01-0004-large.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1233\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ksc-20240112-ph-spx01-0004-large.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1233\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ksc-20240112-ph-spx01-0004-large.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1233\" width=\"1850\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ksc-20240112-ph-spx01-0004-large.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ksc-20240112-ph-spx01-0004-large.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"SpaceX's Crew-8 from right to left: NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. They're pictured here on January 12, 2024, as they participated in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station before their March launch.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1233\" width=\"1850\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00083b6m6e188du3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams and Wilmore, meanwhile, are assigned to return home aboard SpaceX\u2019s Crew-9 mission.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00093b6mz6hsuazl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            NASA and SpaceX even had to reconfigure the Crew-9 capsule and astronaut assignments before the mission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/28\/science\/spacex-launch-starliner-crew-9-astronauts\/index.html\">launched September 28<\/a> to ensure there would be enough room for Williams and Wilmore to return home aboard the vehicle when it completes its ISS mission no earlier than February 2025.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000a3b6mjgay9kis@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That\u2019s just one reason why the duo can\u2019t just hop on the next ride home. Spaceflight tends to be more complex \u2014 and requires more prior planning \u2014 than that.\n    <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cm26p8ucz00143b6mglx9nuyh@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"how-williams-and-wilmore-wound-up-here\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n        How Williams and Wilmore wound up here<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000b3b6mdlxuqzzl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams and Wilmore did not go to the ISS as part of a normal crew rotation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000c3b6micd6cpn9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Instead, the pair ventured to orbit as part of a historic effort: Starliner\u2019s first crewed flight. They departed on June 4, mostly without their own toiletries and other personal comforts, expecting a prompt return to Earth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000d3b6mtqts50ae@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams and Wilmore were then left in limbo by several crucial issues, including gas leaks and thruster problems, that plagued their Starliner capsule during the first leg of its trip. NASA then chose to leave the capsule \u2014 along with Williams and Wilmore \u2014 at the ISS while engineers worked to hash out what went wrong.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000e3b6mg373zhhb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After weeks of uncertainty, NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/24\/science\/boeing-starliner-nasa-astronauts-spacex\/index.html\">made the call in late August <\/a>that it would be too risky to return Williams and Wilmore home aboard Starliner.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000f3b6mwclcvumx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And the space agency had scrambled to find an alternative route home. That\u2019s how NASA arrived at the decision to put Williams and Wilmore on Crew-9, a mission that at the time had not yet left Earth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000g3b6mzdnahhdk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two astronauts who had been slated to fly on Crew-9 before the Boeing Starliner debacle \u2014 NASA\u2019s Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson \u2014 had to be booted off in order to make room for Williams and Wilmore on the return trip.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000h3b6m109nusj1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Crew-9 mission then launched with just two astronauts, two empty seats, and some ballst \u2014 or deadweight \u2014 to balance out the physics of flying without a full crew of four. The Crew-9 spacecraft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/29\/science\/spacex-crew-9-iss-starliner-astronauts\/index.html\">arrived<\/a> at the ISS on September 29.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000i3b6maob1llxr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams and Wilmore, for the record, have now been on the space station more than 18 weeks.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000j3b6mi9i04p5n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And Boeing\u2019s Starliner ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/06\/science\/boeing-starliner-return-without-astronauts\/index.html\">returned home from space empty<\/a> on September 6.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000k3b6mimp07jvd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            So what exactly would Williams and Wilmore do for another four or five months in space?\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000l3b6m33jpw8a5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When the pair arrived at the ISS, they were guests. But now, they\u2019re at work, having joined Expedition 72, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/expedition-missions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international crew<\/a> of astronauts currently serving as the space station\u2019s official staff.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000m3b6mnld1q0lp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=STKNja4hX70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took over as the commander<\/a> of the entire space station on September 22.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000n3b6mufssbdtu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            NASA has said they\u2019ve seamlessly integrated with the group, picking up everyday tasks aboard the orbiting laboratory.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm2md7tyh00033b6mwq94cknt@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"SpaceX-Dragon-Endeavour-.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/spacex-dragon-endeavour.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/spacex-dragon-endeavour.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/spacex-dragon-endeavour.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/spacex-dragon-endeavour.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/spacex-dragon-endeavour.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/spacex-dragon-endeavour.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is pictured beyond the Candarm2 robotic arm moments after undocking from the Harmony module of the space station with four Crew-8 members.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000o3b6m7oth0otz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As part of Crew-9 and the formal expedition, Williams and Wilmore will take on typical crew work, including conducting spacewalks outside the space station, maintaining the orbiting laboratory and carrying out a tight schedule of science experiments.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000p3b6m16jsk6my@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And NASA previously confirmed the Starliner astronauts are prepared to make such a shift.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000q3b6majfqgvqd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cA couple years ago, we made the decision \u2014 knowing that this was a test flight \u2014 to make sure that we had the right resources, supplies and training for the crew, just in case they needed to be on ISS, for whatever reason, for a longer period of time,\u201d said Dana Weigel, NASA\u2019s manager of the International Space Station Program, during an August 7 briefing.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000r3b6mua3y368d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cButch and Suni are fully trained,\u201d Weigel added. \u201cThey\u2019re capable and current with EVA (spacewalks), with robotics, with all the things we need them to do.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000s3b6m4aplny3t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During recent updates about ISS activities from NASA, the space agency said Williams, Wilmore and their crewmates, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russia\u2019s Aleksandr Gorbunov, will help move their Crew-9 capsule from its current docking port to the port that opened when Crew-8 began its journey home from space. They recently spent some time training for that task, according to updates from NASA.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2m56lbf00003b6mi9jookpj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams and Wilmore have also had some downtime lately as they waited days to support Crew-8\u2019s departure, which had been repeatedly delayed by bad weather surrounding Florida.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2m5ka8h00063b6m9qbtcdd1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the pair have also kept busy with experiments and other daily duties. One October 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a> from NASA, for example, states that during a half day of work, Williams took a cognition test and \u201cchecked connections on radio frequency identification hardware,\u201d while \u201cWilmore activated a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/facility\/?#id=8120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fluorescence microscope<\/a>\u00a0to observe how particles of different sizes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/station\/research-explorer\/investigation\/?#id=9106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gel and coarsen<\/a>.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000v3b6mlcbnhe8m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams and Wilmore had already logged a combined total of 500 days in space before launching on the Starliner test flight this year. Williams even said that she cried after she left the space station following her last mission in 2012, unsure if she would ever return.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000w3b6mukm846pb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis flight is a dream for her,\u201d one NASA commentator said during a June 5 livestream of the Starliner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HneVxAmYcaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launch<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000x3b6ml8cxvnmv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s not uncommon for astronauts to\u00a0unexpectedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/27\/world\/frank-rubio-nasa-return-space-station-scn\/index.html\">extend their stay<\/a>\u00a0aboard the space station \u2014 for days, weeks or even months.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000y3b6mpfavogc0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, for example, was slated to spend about six months aboard the International Space Station for his inaugural trip to low-Earth orbit that kicked off in September 2022. He instead logged 371 days in space following the discovery of a coolant leak coming from his original ride \u2014 a Russian Soyuz capsule \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/27\/world\/frank-rubio-nasa-return-space-station-scn\/index.html\">while docked<\/a> to the orbiting outpost.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb000z3b6mu4f7nfkn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rubio\u2019s yearlong stay ended up setting a US record for the most continuous days spent in orbit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00103b6m8wtdnx3j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Astronauts also routinely extend their stays on the station for days or weeks at a time for a variety of factors, including poor weather on Earth or other schedule adjustments.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00113b6m47jkbqcz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When asked in a September news conference if he had trouble adjusting to the prospect of waiting months longer to get home, Wilmore said, \u201cI\u2019m not gonna fret over it. I mean, there\u2019s no benefit to it at all. So my transition was \u2014 maybe it wasn\u2019t instantaneous \u2014 but it was pretty close.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm26p8txb00123b6m2uzathbe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Williams said at the same news briefing that she missed her family and pets and that she was disappointed to miss some family events this fall and winter. But, she added, \u201cThis is my happy place. I love being up here in space. It\u2019s just fun. You know, every day you do something that\u2019s work, quote, unquote, you can do it upside down. 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