NASA Crew-10 is heading to IS to alleviate “stuck” astronauts

NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were at the International Space Station for more than eight months, despite initially expecting to stay for about eight days. It’s finally time to go home Their replacements are on the way.

ISS rescuers began on Friday after a two-day delay. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the second is due to weather. However, on Friday, Crew-10, consisting of NASA astronauts Anne McClane and Nicole Ayers, astronauts of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Kirill Peskov, who have succeeded in their journey to the ISS,

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Once they arrive there is a two-day handover period, then Williams, Wilmore, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are on their way back to Earth. They could be on their way home as early as March 19th.

March 7th, Williams I took over the ISS command To Roscosmos, astronaut Alexey Ovchinin, who is preparing her to go home.

“We’re not stuck.”

Williams told PBS Newshour Recently, they feel they are not abandoned by NASA.

“Obviously, there’s a lot of debate about it, so people can imagine it’s any way we do, but we’re not stuck,” she said. “We’re part of a bigger process, right?”

When asked about the practicality of being in space much longer than expected without extra supplies, Wilmore said it wasn’t a problem.

“If that were the case, we launched it with fewer clothes, but that was intentional,” he said. “We grew the extra gear we needed – we needed a space station. We brought it out with us, so we took it off.

“But we weren’t a big deal. Honestly, the Space Station Programme plans multiple contingencies, stocking up food for at least four months, exceeding what you would expect.

Wilmore told PBS that he can talk to his family from space, and pointed out that he can talk to his youngest daughter’s boyfriend along with his two daughters.

“As a father to my daughter, that’s my fault,” he said.

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Record the space walk

As their stay was extended, Williams set a record. She went to Wilmore for five, 26 minutes into outer space, where she surpassed the records the women had set for her time on the spaceship. According to Space.comWilliams currently has a 62 hours and 6 minutes spacecraft, surpassing former astronaut Peggy Whitson, who took 60 hours and 21 minutes.

In this latest spaceship, the two eventually worked to remove the wrong radio communication unit.

Williams previously worked with astronaut Nick Hague for the spaceship January 16th. In that spacecraft, Williams and the Hague replaced the rate gyro assembly, which helps maintain orientation at the pre-orbital post base. The astronauts also installed patches covering damaged light filters of neutron star interior configuration explorer x-ray telescopes, replaced reflector devices with one of the international docking adapters, and checked the access area and connector tools that astronauts will use to maintain future Alpha Magnetic Moodermeters.

Who is the astronaut?

Wilmore, 61, and Williams, 58, are veteran astronaut, naval officer and former test pilot. Williams has been a NASA astronaut since 1998 and has been a Willmore since 2000. Both have a lot of experience in space.

Williams was the previous record holder of the most spacewalk by women (7 people), the most spaceship time by women (50 hours, 40 minutes), and in 2007 people in space ran their first marathon.

In 2009, Wilmore piloted the Space Shuttle Atlantis on its mission to the ISS, and in 2014, 3D Printer For the first time humans have produced something from the world to make tools (ratchet wrenches) in space.

What was your original mission in space?

Wilmore as commander and Williams as pilot traveled to the ISS in a 15-foot Boeing capsule called Starliner. They released it on June 5th and docked it on the ISS on June 6th. NASA hopes Starliner will give the organization a new way to get its crew back and forth to the ISS. The New York Times reported.

Since Willmore and Williams’ ISS missions were supposed to last just eight days, we’ll test the Starliner side and see how it works with human crews in space. However, due to Starliner’s complications, the two astronauts are still there.

How did they get stuck in space in the first place?

Starliner is late In May due to a problem with the rocket valve. The engineers then had to fix the helium leak. That’s all bad news for Boeing. the Competing with SpaceXthat’s true Transporting astronauts to the ISS Since 2020, we have made over 20 successful trips to the space station.

On June 5th, the Starliner was finally released on the Atlas V rocket, but some issues came with the release. NASA announced it 3 helium leaks Although identified, one of them was known before the flight. In addition to the leak, the crew had to troubleshoot the failed control thruster, but the craft was able to successfully dock into the ISS.

SpaceX also had a problem. a Falcon 9 rocket exploded On the 2016 LaunchPad, in July this year, the Falcon 9 Rocket experienced a liquid oxygen leak and deployed the satellite in the wrong orbit. New York Times It has been reported. Additionally, the Falcon 9 rocket in late August lost its first stage booster when it fell into the Atlantic. I set it on fire.

However, more than 300 successful SpaceX has achieved Falcon flight 9 That achievement.

Stuck in Space: Timeline

• May: The launch of the Starliner was delayed due to problems with the rocket valve and subsequently a helium leak.
• June 5th: Starliner will be launched with Williams and Wilmore on board.
• June 6: Starliner Docks despite dealing with three helium leaks and faulty control thrusters.
• September 6: Starliner leaves the ISS and land in New Mexico, leaving Williams and Wilmore behind.
• September 28th: ​​SpaceX Crew-9 missions will be released in Dragon’s Spaceship along with The Hague and Golbunov.
• September 29th: SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS.
• December 17: NASA has announced that the launch of four crew members to the ISS will be postponed from February to late March.
• March 12: Crew-10, NASA astronauts Ann McLain, Nicole Ayers, astronauts Onish and Roscosmos astronauts Kirill Peskov were delayed the next day as well.
• March 14: Crew-10 started on a 28-hour journey to the ISS. Once they arrive there will be a two-day handover period. Docking must take place on March 15th at 11:30pm ET.
• March 19: SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft is expected to depart ISS with Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov and return to Earth.