La misión Crew-10 de SpaceX se ha lanzado con éxito desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA en Florida a las 7:03 pm Eastern el 14 de marzo. En esta ocasión, los astronautas de la NASA Anne McClain y Nichole Ayers, el astronauta de la Agencia de Exploración Aeroespacial de Japón Onishi y el cosmonauta de Roscosmos Kirill Peskov están a bordo. Se espera que Will Williams se una a la tripulación de la Estación Espacial Internacional después de que la nave se acople con el laboratorio en órbita a las 11:30 pm, hora del este, el 15 de marzo. La llegada de este nuevo equipo permitirá que los astronautas de la NASA, Williams y Butch Wilmore, regresen a casa después de una estadía prolongada de nueve meses, que inicialmente se suponía duraría solo una semana. Williams y Wilmore llegaron a la ISS en el primer vuelo de Boeing Starliner, con el objetivo de demostrar la capacidad de la nave para transportar astronautas a la órbita. Sin embargo, durante el viaje a la estación, Starliner experimentó problemas técnicos que obligaron a la NASA a hacer que la nave regresara a la Tierra. Esto dejó a Williams y Wilmore a bordo de la ISS. Ahora, antes de que Starliner vuelva a volar, la NASA ha decidido que ambos astronautas regresarán a casa con la tripulación de SpaceX Crew-9. Está previsto que vuelen de regreso a la Tierra junto a Nick Hague y Aleksandr Gorbunov el 19 de marzo.
The SpaceX Crew-10 mission successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:03 pm Eastern on March 14. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Onishi, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are on board, with Will Will joining the ISS crew after the spacecraft docks with the orbiting laboratory at 11:30 pm Eastern on March 15. The arrival of the new team will allow NASA astronauts Williams and Butch Wilmore to fly back home, after what was supposed to be a one-week stay turned into a nine-month period.
Williams and Wilmore flew to the ISS on the first Boeing Starliner flight, intended to demonstrate its readiness to transport astronauts to orbit. However, on the way to the station, the Starliner began to leak helium, and some of its engines malfunctioned. While astronauts and engineers on the ground tried to troubleshoot the issue, NASA ultimately decided to bring the Starliner back home. The spacecraft returned to Earth in September, leaving Williams and Wilmore aboard the ISS.
Before Boeing’s Starliner flies again, NASA has already decided that Williams and Wilmore will return home with the SpaceX Crew-9 personnel. The mission was headed to the station with only two astronauts on board to leave two spots open for their return. They were initially scheduled to fly in February, but the crew launch was delayed to allow enough time to process a new Dragon spacecraft for the mission. Williams and Wilmore are now expected to fly back to Earth with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov from Crew-9 starting on March 19.
This article originally appeared on Engadget in Spanish. The tweet from SpaceX can be found here: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1900666576988475597.
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