Four astronauts on the International Space Station will have to wait at least another day to return to Earth after bad weather delayed the return of a SpaceX capsule.
SpaceX and NASA announced Friday (September 1) that the Crew Dragon capsule carrying the Crew-6 astronauts is scheduled to depart the International Space Station (ISS) by early Sunday (September 3). did. The crew did not land until after midnight on Monday morning. The Crew-6 astronauts were originally scheduled to undock on Saturday and land the following day.
“NASA and SpaceX are canceling the departure opportunity from the International Space Station for the agency’s Crew 6 mission on Saturday, September 2, due to adverse weather conditions near the splashdown site off the coast of Florida,” NASA said in a statement. the official said. I wrote it in an update Friday morning (September 1st).
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The Crew-6 Dragon capsule currently leaves the ISS at 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday (11:05 GMT) and splashdown is scheduled for Monday at 12:07 a.m. EDT (4:07 GMT). It is scheduled. But that schedule will depend on local weather conditions at the Crew-6 Dragon landing site, NASA officials said.
“The mission team will meet Friday night to determine the feasibility of the next Crew-6 undocking objective,” the update reads. “The Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavor, is currently docked at the space station while Crew 6 completes a nearly six-month science mission in orbit and prepares for its return to Earth. , I am staying healthy.”
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The four astronauts returning to Earth in Crew-6 are NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Horberg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian astronaut space agency Roscosmos astronaut Andrey Fejaev. They launched to the space station on March 3, completing a six-month expedition to the ISS.
“We started the mission as crew members, but now we are brothers,” said Al Neyadi, the UAE’s first long-term ISS astronaut. said in X (formerly known as Twitter) August 31). “Over the past six months, I have found a new family. We have experienced beautiful and challenging moments, sharing our expertise, traditions and culture, and creating unforgettable memories together.”