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With a throat and smiles floating all around, two NASA astronauts who used the ugly Boeing star liner welcomed their changes riding at the International Space Station early Sunday morning.
About 28 28 hours after being launched from Florida, the Space X -Dragon vehicle carrying four space ferries selected for a mission successfully at the orbit checkpoint. After docking more than 260 miles from the Atlantic, all the 11 astronauts riding the station are now gathered for a short event.
The arrival of the mission staff has indicated an important milestone for Butt Vilmor and Sunny Williams, who left for the stars on the destructive star liner in June.
The Boeing vehicle meant flying the pair’s house in September when NASA decided that the distressed spacecraft was not on the transport of crew. Instead, a Space X -Dragon who arrived at the station later this month was selected for the return of Vilmor and Williams.
Now that 10 of the staff have made it to orbit, this stage is finally designed for Vilmor and Williams to return to Earth with two staff consisting of 9 staff. This extremely expected journey will not still be a few days, as all astronauts 72 72, including star liner staff, will help newcomers accelerate the operations of the station.
What is now for 10 staff’s astronauts that they have now entered the space station as well as change the four astronauts they have to replace.
The staff reached 10 ISS after launching from Florida on Space X Dragon
The staff’s 10 mission arrived at Cape Canvirral on Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, 10 staff’s mission space station at the time of the midnight east time.
Staff, headed by NASA astronomer NMCClPreciseNASA PLATT Nicole Aires And two mission experts of other space agencies: Japanese astronauts Takia Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) and Rosmos Cosmomot Karl Peskov.
A Space X -Falcon 9 rocket launched staff members from the Launch Complex 39A before the dragon capsule, they were successfully separated to continue to the space station.
Space Flight, Tenth Space X Staff Mission for International Station NASA Trade staff programOn Wednesday, the launch of the launch began successfully. NASA and Space X, which jointly operate the staff’s 10 missions, forgive the launch for a problem in the launch pad ground system.
If the mission was launched according to the schedule, 10 staff’s astronauts would have joined the space station early Thursday morning. A NASA spokesman told USA Today that the journey would be so long after the beginning of Friday night as the orbit laboratory is far beyond where the dragon enters the orbit, a NASA spokesman told USA Today.
Rich staff -10 Open hatch, greeting astronauts
The hatch of Dragon was opened after 1 pm on Sunday, allowing the staff to get out of the vehicle and enter the space station through it Harmonious module. Once boarded the ship, the crew’s 10 Space Ferris formally welcomed it Campaign 72 Staff members, including astronauts who rode the star liner.
Nasa Provided a livestock At the momentous moment on his streaming service, NASA+. One by one, the smiling staff riding at the new incoming station continued to float through the hatch.
Commander McK Klein said after opening the hatch during a live broadcast, it was “a wonderful journey.” “You can hardly put it in words.”
During short remarks, Peskov thanked the “all the world’s space industry”.
When will the star liner staff -9 come back with the staff?
According to NASA, the arrival of the staff 10 means Williams and Vilmor will return with the staff on Wednesday, March 19, according to NASA, according to NASA, on a separate dragon already on the station.
The staff -9 mission, which arrived at the station at the end of September, included only two staff’s members instead of four -NASA’s astronaut Nick Hague and Rososomos Cosmonate Alexander Gorbonov. The decision to send a cut staff was allowed to be available for two additional seats on the dragon capsule for star liner staff.
The temporary return date allows staff to compatible yourself at the space station for 10 days. The handover period is one Important process According to NASA, Space Ferris arriving for outgoing astronauts to help familiarize itself with their new home and work.
Once the crew ends at the -9 dragon, they used to descend from the coast of Florida and make a supplement down.
Today, the United States, Dinah Volus Pulor, participated in the report.
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