NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced during a press conference today that US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will return next February with Crew 9.
After spending more than 80 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), today, NASA representatives explained what’s next as astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore wait to return to Earth.
The two astronauts were originally scheduled to spend just eight days aboard the ISS following a successful launch of Boeing’s Starliner on June 5th before parachuting back to Earth aboard the same spacecraft. Those plans changed after thruster failures, helium leaks, and valve issues plagued the already long-delayed Starliner while it was docking with the ISS.
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