How will Sunita Williams return to earth
Boeing’s Starliner has finally returned to Earth after three months, leaving behind Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. Starliner made a successful landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 9.31 am on September 7. Let us tell you that it took about 44 minutes for the Starliner to land on the surface of the Earth after the burn. Its heat shield was active in the atmosphere at the time of landing. After this, the drogue parachute was deployed. That is, the Starliner was successfully landed with the help of two parachutes. Let us tell you that two scientists Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are still stranded on the space station. In such a situation, how they will return is a big question. In such a situation, we are going to answer this question.
SpaceX will bring back scientists
In fact, now NASA has expressed confidence in SpaceX for the return of both the astronauts. It is expected that both the astronauts may return in February. In such a situation, their 8-day mission will become 8 months long. NASA believes that bringing the astronauts back through Starliner can be risky. Therefore, this automated vehicle has been called back to Earth with empty seats. Let us tell you that NASA had given billions of dollars contract to Boeing and SpaceX for commercial flights to take its astronauts to space.
Dragon spacecraft will land on earth
Boeing has received a contract of $4.2 billion and Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has received a contract of $2.6 billion. So far, SpaceX has carried out 9 manned flights into space. NASA said in a press conference on Saturday that it has been decided to extend the space presence of both astronauts till February 2025. So that they can return to Earth in SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. By doing this, SpaceX will get time to launch its next mission. Let us tell you that only two passengers will go into space in the mission to be launched by SpaceX. At the same time, two seats will remain vacant for Sunita Williams and Wilmore.
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