Washington:
The NASA-SpaceX spacecraft, carrying Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague (commander) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (mission specialist), was on its approach to the Worldwide House Station (ISS) on Sunday, in a mission that goals to deliver stranded Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams again to Earth in February subsequent 12 months.
The NASA-SpaceX mission safely reached orbit, after it was efficiently launched from Cape Canaveral House Drive Station in Florida. This mission is critical because it marks the primary human spaceflight to launch from House Launch Advanced 40.
“SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is on its approach to the Worldwide House Station (ISS). The brand new crew arrives on the orbiting lab Sunday, Sept. 29, for a five-month science mission,” NASA posted on X social media platform.
The focused docking time is roughly 5:30 p.m. Sunday (3.30 am Monday India time), based on NASA.
The Crew-9 members may have two empty seats for NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will fill when the spacecraft returns subsequent 12 months.
The Crew-9 was initially anticipated to launch on Thursday however was postponed as a result of poor climate situations as a result of hurricane Helene, presently impacting the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Williams and Willmore travelled to the ISS on an eight-day sojourn on the defective Boeing’s Starliner. Whereas the Starliner was declared unfit for human journey by NASA, and it returned safely to Earth, the astronaut duo are caught in house.
For the primary time because the Might 2020 take a look at flight, SpaceX launched two astronauts to the ISS on a Dragon spacecraft.
In a bid to make room for Williams and Willmore within the orbiting lab, NASA had pulled out two different Crew-9 members — commander Zena Cardman and three-time shuttle flier Stephanie Wilson.
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