SpaceX capsule arrives at ISS to bring stranded NASA astronauts back to Earth
At long last, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be returning to their respective homes.
After the SpaceX capsule that was supposed to bring the stranded NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore back to Earth docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the astronauts will finally be able to return to Earth.
The two individuals had been in space for a very extended period of time. They were only intended to be on board the International Space Station (ISS) for a few days the previous year, but they became stranded after technical glitches with the capsule that was supposed to carry them back to Earth left them locked up there.
The astronauts have confessed that they are able to feel that the protracted period of time spent in space has had an effect on their bodies, despite the fact that there are places that are worse than being in space.
In the early hours of today morning (16 March), a SpaceX capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), bringing with it four additional crew members to complete the Crew-10 complement.
It is now possible for Wilmore and Williams to leave the International Space Station, together with colleague astronaut Nick Hague from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
Although Wilmore and Williams will not be leaving the International Space Station (ISS) immediately, they are slated to leave on Wednesday, March 19, which means that if they do not experience any other technological difficulties during their return journey, they will be back within a week.
When the astronauts finally return to Earth, they will be required to go through a period of rehabilitation in order for their bodies to readjust to gravity once more.
“All NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station undergo routine medical evaluations, have dedicated flight surgeons monitoring them, and are in good health,” a spokeswoman for NASA stated in a previous interview with LADbible.
Due to the fact that going into space might cause a reduction in bone density and ultimately result in a loss of muscle mass, it will be some time before the two individuals are back to their peak physical form.
Despite the fact that they have significantly exceeded the basic parameters of their journey to space, the two individuals have not been sitting around doing nothing since they have made use of the additional time to carry out a variety of experiments in space.
Nevertheless, Wilmore and Williams will not be receiving overtime pay, as revealed by Cady Coleman, a veteran NASA astronaut. This is despite the fact that they were supposed to remain in space for only a few days, but after spending months there instead.
She said that they will receive a small amount of money for “incidentals,” which will not amount to much, but other than that, they will be paid as usual because it is essentially the same as a work trip without any additional compensation.
Williams had earlier stated that the extended stay had been the most difficult for their families, stating, “It’s been a roller coaster for them, probably a little more so than for us.”
“We came up prepared to stay long, even though we planned to stay short,” she explained later. “We came up prepared to stay long.” In human space flight, we would do something like that.
“That is exactly what the human space flight program of your country is all about, making preparations for unanticipated and unanticipated contingencies…” And we were successful in doing that.”
It is a relief that it will soon be time to return home.
