NASA will change the capsule and choose to use the Spacex Crew Dragon that had already flown for its CREW-10 mission to the space station
NASA has announced on Tuesday that it will change the astronaut capsule that plans to use for the next routine flight to the International Space Station, a programming movement that will allow an earlier return for the two stranded astronauts, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore , that have been at the station much longer than expected.
The US space agency said that mission management teams They chose to use a spacex crew dragon capsule that he had already flown for his CREW-10 mission to the space station, instead of a new Spacex capsule whose production said he had been delayed.
The decision advances the launch of CREW-10 to March 12, in front of the previous objective of March 25. NASA said it would still have to make an evaluation of the flight preparation of the Crew Dragon capsule, which is called Endeavor and has been used in three previous missions.
The return of two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, They flew to the International Space Station in the defective Starliner capsule of Boeing last summer, has depended on the arrival of the crew of four people from the CREW-10 to maintain the American contingent of the station at normal levels.
The decision occurs after President Donald Trump He abruptly demanded last month to the CEO of Spacex, Elon Musk, to bring Wilmore and Williams back to the earth “as soon as possible”advocating to end his mission that, in large part, had already been decided last year.
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