Beginning of the countdown, engines on …
American astronaut Boch Wilmor and Sony Williams have finally left from the International Space Station early on Tuesday to start their long -awaited journey to home after spending more than nine months stuck in space.
Wilmor, 62, Williams, 59, is on a SPACEX Song's Song Capture called “Freenom”, which is scheduled to re -enter the ground on Tuesday with Splashdown in Florida, according to approximately 5:57 pm, according to NASA.
The spouses who were interrupted, who were already supposed to be in space for only 10 days last summer, travel to the home with his American colleague Nick The Hague and the scent of Russian space Alexander Gorbonov as their tour on the crew mission 9 ended.
Willore and Williams were stuck at the International Space Station since last June when he suffered Boeing Starlener capsule from leaks and mechanical issues, forcing NASA to return the craft without anyone on board.
The episode left Boeing commercial space aspirations, as Spacex was the only backup available to help bring astronauts home.
Since then, the duo was forced to wait for the Hague and Gorbunov Ruten Shuttle ride, which was only scheduled to be launched after the Crew 10 from SpaceX arrived at the end of the week to reduce them from their duties in ISS.
Elon Musk claimed that the plans of returning Wilmur and Williams earlier were suspended by former President Joe Biden and that the mission was marred by political courage.
However, Biden administration officials have denied all allegations that they had left astronauts in space for political reasons.
Because of the delays, Wilmore and Williams will spend about 285 days in space, as they ranked sixth among the people of single space records in NASA behind Peggy Whitson, who spent 289 days in space.
Frank Rubio maintains the current record in 371 days after he faced his own problems when the Russian Soyuz capsule was seen in a leak, leaving them stranded in ISS in 2022.
