NASAreported the return to Earth of two astronauts who had been sent to the space station for two weeks, but had been stranded in the space station since early June due to the malfunctioning of the Boeing Starliner shuttle.
Speaking at the press conference, Ken Bowersox, one of NASA’s space operations mission managers, announced that there is no definite date for the return of the astronauts.
A decision will be made in a few weeks
Bowersox said astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who live on the space station, will remain in the International Space Station until the SpaceX mission in February 2025. Place He announced that the decision will be made whether it will be held at the Station within a few weeks.
Bowersox also said a decision has not yet been made on whether to allow the faulty Boeing plane to return to Earth empty-handed.
Insisting that they will analyze more data before making a decision, Bowersox said, “We have time to bring Starliner home and we want to use this time wisely,” he said.
In addition to the option to wait until the Starliner shuttle problem is fixed, SpaceX’s 4th flight in February 2025 an astrologer The possibility of replacing two empty seats and bringing Wilmore and Williams back with this shuttle is among the options being considered to save the astronauts.
WHAT HAPPEN?
After two cancellations, Boeing sent the Starliner shuttle, carrying two NASA astronauts, to space for the first time on June 5. Despite the investigations carried out on the Starliner shuttle, which found a helium leak, the source of the problem was not found and its return to Earth was postponed four times.
There is still no clarity on the return date and how the NASA astronauts, who are expected to spend a week at the space station, will return.
2024-08-14 20:31:00
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