The much-anticipated return of stranded NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from the Worldwide Area Station went off and not using a hitch.
Williams and Wilmore flew dwelling from the ISS together with astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida simply earlier than 6 p.m. ET at present. The climate was crystal clear and the Atlantic Ocean described as “glass-like” by NASA’s reside feed on X.
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Pace boats raced to the capsule after the splashdown of the Dragon capsule that carried SpaceX’s Crew-9. NASA officers then climbed aboard the Dragon to test on the 4 astronauts as dolphins swam close by (seen on the 1:33 mark on NASA’s reside feed). After a fast test, the capsule was hoisted onto a bigger boat, the Megan, after which hosed down to scrub off corrosive sea water.
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The hatch was shortly opened and Commander Nick Hague was the primary to be extracted from the Dragon, adopted by Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore. Lower than an hour after splashdown, all astronauts have been extracted and loaded onto stretchers as their muscle groups wanted time to regulate to Earth’s gravity.
The return of SpaceX’s Crew-9 was notable for a lot of causes, however probably the most important was the truth that Williams and Wilmore have been returning to Earth after their preliminary ISS journey of eight days was 286 days, or over 9 months, because of their Boeing Starliner ship experiencing propulsion issues throughout their arrival final June.
NASA will present the media with extra updates on Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov at a press convention scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.
