US space agency NASA has said that he has not yet determined that International Space Station Stuck on Astronauts How to get back
These two pilots on June 5 Boeing had left for the International Space Station on an eight-day mission aboard the Starliner But Starliner faced problems before launch, during flight and after reaching space, which led NASA to decide not to return the astronauts as planned.
Now NASA says it has not yet decided what will be done to safely return the astronauts to Earth.
However, the space agency indicated that there is a reasonable chance they will have to wait for Elon Musk to return to SpaceX’s Crow Dragon spacecraft.
Officials say NASA is still gathering information to decide whether it is safe for the two astronauts to return to Boeing’s Starliner.
NASA says that decision is expected late next week or early next week.
The space agency previously said it plans to make a decision in mid-August.
NASA says it can’t give a definitive date on how long it will take to make a decision to return, but that delaying that decision is becoming ‘very difficult’.
Using SpaceX’s spacecraft would mean their eight-day mission would be extended to eight months.
But NASA stressed that it has conducted several long missions to the International Space Station, including missions of up to a year, and that it relies on information collected during such long missions to protect them. Will depend.
NASA representatives also said that both astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams would be ‘grateful for the extra time’ on the space station.
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“It’s going to be great to be up there (in space) enjoying the atmosphere and also enjoying the wonderful space food and the view out the window,” said Ken Boerks, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate.
“This mission was a test flight,” NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba said. He knew that the mission might not be complete, that human spaceflight is inherently dangerous and that we as astronauts accept it as a job.’
Officials said they had spoken to both astronauts about the decision but were waiting for NASA to analyze the data. He said that they will do what we tell them and that is their job as astronauts.
He also said that he still believed that it would be safe to return the two astronauts by Boeing Starliner in the event of an emergency.
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2024-08-15 15:23:12
