Stranded NASA Astronauts Returning to Earth After Over 9 Months
justjared.comNASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally heading back to Earth. The two were meant to stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for eight days, but their mission was unexpected extended nearly nine months after the spacecraft that they arrived on faced technical problems.
The two are now heading back to Earth in a SpaceX capsule, alongside NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. Keep reading to find out more… They undocked from the ISS at around 1 a.em.
ET on Tuesday (March 18) and are set to arrive back off the coast of Florida later the same day, at around 6 p.m. ET. The landing time will depend on weather conditions.
When the SpaceX Dragon capsule enters through the Earth’s atmosphere, the astronauts will experience significant g-forces, about four times the Earth’s gravity.
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