Washington: Four astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth From International Space Station Early Monday, after spending more than six months in space, NASA declare.
Four members of the Crew-2 mission, including a French and a Japanese astronaut, will return to Earth before the arrival of a replacement crew whose take-off was delayed several times due to adverse weather conditions.
Crew-2 members are scheduled to return to Earth “with a shower off the coast of Florida no earlier than 7:14 a.m. EST (1214 GMT) on Monday, November 8,” NASA said in a statement late Friday.
“As we prepare to leave, it’s kind of a bitter feeling, we may never come back to see the ISS, and it’s a truly magical place,” the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet Earlier on Friday said during a press conference from the space station.
“I’m so grateful that people dreamed of the ISS a while back and then went ahead and worked hard to make it happen and build it for the benefit of all,” Pesquet said.
Endeavor, the Crew Dragon spacecraft, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 1805 GMT on Sunday to begin its journey home.
After separation from the ISS, the capsule will begin a journey of several hours, the duration of which can vary greatly depending on the trajectory, and then land off the coast of Florida.
If weather conditions are not favorable, a backup undocking and splashdown opportunity is available on Monday, NASA said.
The two missions are being carried out by NASA in collaboration with SpaceX, which now provides regular launches to the ISS from the United States.
Crew-3 is scheduled to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the astronauts have been in quarantine for several days.
American astronaut Meganey macarthur He was convinced that not getting a replacement crew to the ISS before the current crew left was just a temporary setback.
“Of course it’s not optimal,” MacArthur told reporters during Friday’s press conference. “But we set out to manage it. Spaceflight is fraught with a lot of small challenges.”
Four members of the Crew-2 mission, including a French and a Japanese astronaut, will return to Earth before the arrival of a replacement crew whose take-off was delayed several times due to adverse weather conditions.
Crew-2 members are scheduled to return to Earth “with a shower off the coast of Florida no earlier than 7:14 a.m. EST (1214 GMT) on Monday, November 8,” NASA said in a statement late Friday.
“As we prepare to leave, it’s kind of a bitter feeling, we may never come back to see the ISS, and it’s a truly magical place,” the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet Earlier on Friday said during a press conference from the space station.
“I’m so grateful that people dreamed of the ISS a while back and then went ahead and worked hard to make it happen and build it for the benefit of all,” Pesquet said.
Endeavor, the Crew Dragon spacecraft, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 1805 GMT on Sunday to begin its journey home.
After separation from the ISS, the capsule will begin a journey of several hours, the duration of which can vary greatly depending on the trajectory, and then land off the coast of Florida.
If weather conditions are not favorable, a backup undocking and splashdown opportunity is available on Monday, NASA said.
The two missions are being carried out by NASA in collaboration with SpaceX, which now provides regular launches to the ISS from the United States.
Crew-3 is scheduled to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the astronauts have been in quarantine for several days.
American astronaut Meganey macarthur He was convinced that not getting a replacement crew to the ISS before the current crew left was just a temporary setback.
“Of course it’s not optimal,” MacArthur told reporters during Friday’s press conference. “But we set out to manage it. Spaceflight is fraught with a lot of small challenges.”
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