SpaceX Crew-2 mission crew members return to Earth after nearly 200 days on the International Space Station

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November 9, 2021 03:29 GMT

As reported by SpaceX, the next mission, SpaceX Crew-3, delayed due to weather conditions, is scheduled to launch on November 10.

SpaceX Crew-2 mission crew members return to Earth on Tuesday after spending 199 days on the International Space Station (ISS).

At 19:05 UTC on Monday, the Crew Dragon ‘Endeavour’ capsule was successfully unloaded from the International Space Station and, according to estimates, after sailing around the station, will blast off off the coast of Florida (USA) in 03:33 UTC.

The crew of NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur and Aki Hoshed of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) arrived at the International Space Station on April 24 for science experiments and modernization missions.

“It has been an interesting six months; [ha sido] I am pleased and honored to work with all the wonderful people from all over the world, both on planet Earth and beyond.” chirp Aki Hoshide. For his part, Thomas Bisquet I acknowledge Returning to Earth from the International Space Station, which for him is a “magical place”, brings him “a feeling of bitterness.” “It gives me hope that humans can achieve anything, with good intentions, when we want to,” he explained.

last week, become known The crew will have to Use diapers on the return trip Due to a leak in the capsule’s toilet, a situation the crew described as “suboptimal,” but manageable.

Meanwhile, according to They communicated From SpaceX, the SpaceX Crew-3 mission, which was delayed due to weather conditions, is scheduled to launch in November 10.