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A capsule, developed by Elon Musk’s Space X, sank at the International Space Station early Sunday, providing a new staff to return to Earth after a nine -month mission to US astronauts Sunny Williams and Boch Vilmor, which were to continue for eight days.
About 29 29 hours after launching four new members of the United States, Japan and Russia from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dragon Capsule received a degree 12.04 in the morning.
With Williams and Vilmor, NASA’s astronaut Nick Hague and Russian Casmunot Alexander Gorbonov, they are expected to return home on Wednesday after the handover period.
The original plan was for the Boeing CST -100 star liner, which brought Williams and Vilmor home after their short mission to carry ISS in June.
But in August, NASA decided that the star liner could not be used due to thermaster’s problems and helmet leaks on the outside journey.
The decision was a humiliating blow to Boeing, which raised questions about the company’s space ambitions at a time when its primary commercial aircraft operation was already under intense regulatory pressure after the mid -wind panel shock of the door panel at 737 Max.
