NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ‘completed packing’ for Boeing Starliner’s return: What you need to know?
Friday, 6 September 2024 NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have finalized preparations for the Boeing Starliner's autonomous return from the ISS. The spacecraft's hatch was sealed, and it is scheduled to undock at 3:30 AM IST on Saturday, with a landing anticipated in New Mexico six hours later. Viewers can watch the event live on NASA's platforms.
SpaceX will instead bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back in late February, stretching their original eight-day mission to more than eight months.
The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station arrives at the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov..
NASA decided using the Boeing Starliner capsule to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth was too risky following a string of technical glitches on their outwards journey.
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