1 of 4|U.S. Space Force colonel and Crew-9 leader Nick Hauge (L), in addition to Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov (R), were welcomed Sunday by team members currently onboard the International Space Station, consisting of stranded NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. (Courtesy of NASA).
Sept. 29 (UPI)– The group of the Dragon Crew-9 boarded the International Space Station after an effective docking Sunday night, drifting through a vestibule signing up with the 2 spacecraft.
U.S. Space Force colonel and leader Nick Hauge, in addition to Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, were welcomed by team members currently onboard the ISS, consisting of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.
“It’s going to be an incredible exploration,” Hague stated throughout a press rundown at 7:40 p.m. EDT. “So, am actually anticipating getting to develop here.”
Hague and Gorbunov held their welcome event with the remainder of the ISS team surrounding them. Gorbunov welcomed audiences in Russian.
Williams and Wilmore were efficiently stranded onboard the ISS when the Boeing Starlilner, which brought them to the station in June, was considered hazardous to bring them back to Earth due to the fact that of issues with its directional thrusters. The set’s five-day objective was all of a sudden encompassed 8 months.
That led to Crew-9 decreasing its group from 4 members to 2 to leave space for the stranded astronauts to have a trip home. Following their extended remain on the ISS, Williams and Wilmore will enter into Crew-9, which Dragon module is arranged to bring them, together with Hague and Gorbunov, home in February.
Starliner returned uncrewed to Earth securely previously this month.
This is Hague’s 2nd journey to the ISS and Gorbunov’s. There are now 11 staff member onboard the ISS.
The cumulative group aboard the ISS now goes into a week long “handover duration” to “set them up for success,” objective control stated not long after the set got in the ISS. Crew-9 now enters into ISS Expedition 72.
The Crew-9 Dragon was introduced on Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Simply 11 hours after the launch, SpaceX revealed it would suspend future launches up until it might identify the cause of functional issues with Crew-9’s second-stage rocket.
“After today’s effective launch of Crew-9, Falcon 9’s 2nd phase was gotten rid of in the ocean as prepared, however experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. As an outcome, the 2nd phase securely landed in the ocean, however beyond the targeted location. We will resume releasing after we much better comprehend source,” SpaceX published on X.
The ISS has actually been continuously manned for 24 years with teams from all over the world.