NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will finally head for home this Tuesday, March 18 aboard the Crew-9 spacecraft.
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NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will finally head for home this Tuesday, March 18 aboard the Crew-9 spacecraft.
Wilmore and Williams arrived at the ISS over 9 months ago on June 6, 2024 aboard the Boeing Starliner capsule.
Monday, March 17
10:45 p.m. – Hatch closingTuesday, March 18
1:05 a.m. – Undocking
5:11 p.m. – Deorbit burn
5:57 p.m. – Splashdown off FL coastAll times are EDT.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-crew-9-return-splashdown/
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"Their prolonged (9 month) stay was significantly longer than the standard ISS rotation for astronauts of roughly 6 months.
But it is much shorter than the US space record of 371 days set by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio aboard the ISS in 2023, or the world record held by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, who spent 437 continuous days aboard the Mir space station."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stranded-us-astronauts-return-earth-005736770.html
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NASA ISS Crew-9 is on its way for splashdown at 5:57 p.m. EDT off the coast of Florida.
Here is map of Dragon's trajectory during the minutes before splashdown.
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Crew-9 is back on Earth, splashing into the blue waters off the coast of Florida, on a picture perfect day!
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Link to NASA webcast of Crew-9 return to Earth currently in progress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDYt1l_7UvU
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Smiles and waves as, one by one, the astronauts are helped out of the Dragon capsule, and they once again experience the gravity of mother Earth.
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A pod of dolphins were at hand to welcome our intrepid space travelers.
Them dolphins understand space and space travel better than most humans, don't they?
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