Spacex launch to help astronauts stranded to postponed house

A NASA-Spacex mission has been postponed, which aimed to clear the way for two strain astronauts to return to the earth.

He The launch of Falcon 9 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Florida was replaced due to a hydraulic land problem. There is another possible launch opportunity on Thursday.

The rocket was aimed at flying to four new crew members to the International Space Station (ISS) and pave the way for the return of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

The two NASA astronauts flew to space in June, but could not return in a Boeing spacecraft after it was considered insecure. The couple could return to Earth a few days after the SpaceX mission that reaches the ISS.

NASA astronauts left the Earth on June 5, 2024 for an eight -day mission and have struck the ISS for more than nine months, instead of helping the ongoing missions at the station with maintenance and experiments.

Wednesday’s launch would have made it possible for them to return to Earth as early as Sunday.

Spacex said that the problem that forced the launch to Fantar related to hydraulics in one of the arms of the clamp, that the engineers were trying to fix. There were concerns that the arm could not have opened completely during the launch.

On Thursday there is another possible launch window, but Spacex has not yet announced if the team will be fixed at that time.

Mrs. Williams, 58, and Mr. Wilmore, 61, have taken their peculiar situation calmly, saying at a press conference from the ISS in September They have been trained to “expect the unexpected.”

“This is my happy place,” Williams said at that time, although he admitted that he missed his family and two dogs.

Wilmore noticed that the problems with the Starliner spacecraft with which they arrived did not “comfortable” to fly back home.

He added, however, that 90% of his training was “preparing for the unexpected.”

He said they would stay there for “eight months, nine months, 10 months” if necessary.

Mrs. Williams said that being in space makes her think more about planet Earth.

“It opens through the door to make you think a little different,” he explained. “It is the only planet that we have and should take care of it.”