‘Trapped’ astronauts almost ten months at the space station successfully merits on the coast of Florida

After an unexpectedly prolonged stay at the International Space Station (ISS), NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally returned to Earth with Nick Hague and Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. His return has been one of the most anticipated in the history of space exploration. Finally, around 22:57 Peninsular time of Spain on Tuesday, they have arrived on our planet with a controlled amering in front of the coast of Tallahassee, in Florida.

It is about Final brooch to a long wait that has been politicized and has been a reason for a lot of controversywith Donald Trump and Elon Musk accusing the previous administration of the United States Government of having abandoned the Starliner crew to their fate.

However, although there were speculation about whether they had been trapped in the ISS and Much media attention to the bad nicknames ‘Varado Astronauts’NASA has reiterated that they always had a safe alternative to leave the station in case of emergency.

This has been the return of astronauts Wilmore and Williams

The team has traveled aboard the Spacex Dragon ‘Freedom’ capsulethe ship that has replaced the original Wilmore and Williams vehicle due to the technical failures in the Boeing Starliner in which they reached the ISS.

Recall that this ship arrived at the orbital laboratory last September with Hague and Gorbunov on board, leaving Two free seats for the rescue of Williams and Wilmore.

The outcome of this mission has begun This morning, when they have left the International Space Station. After separating autonomously and after performing a series of take -off starts to get away from the ISS, the capsule has traveled gently through the space to travel the 400 kilometers that separate us from the orbital laboratory. They have been about 17 hours of flight.

Around 22:00 peninsular time in Spain, the Dragon ‘Freedom’ Spacex S spacecraftE has detached from its main service module and has turned on its propellants to abandon the orbit and make the descent of almost an hour to the earth. The exorbitant ignition has lasted approximately 7.5 minutes.

At that time the speed of the ship was hypersonic, moving to some 28,000 kilometers per hour.

The crew has been protected by the thermal shield of the capsule, vital to avoid the abrasors of re -entry, which can exceed 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (more than 1,600 degrees Celsius).

Due to the accumulation of plasma around the spacecraft during the re -entry, For some tense minutes there has been a brief loss of communications that was within the programmed.

Then, four minutes before the shocking, the braking parachutes have been deployed at about 5,500 meters of altitude, while the Dragon moved about 560 kilometers per hour. Less than a minute later, the main parachutes have also been deployed, about 1,800 meters of altitude, while the spacecraft moved about 190 kilometers per hour.

After perfect shock at the planned time, The Dragon ‘Freedom’ capsule has been transported to the Megan recovery ship of Spacex in the Atlantic Ocean. Once on the main deck, the crew has left the ship and has undergone the protocol medical exams before a brief helicopter flight to address a plane to the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.

There they will be done medical evaluations and will participate in a re -adaptation program after their prolonged exposure to microgravity. This process is expected to last approximately 45 days, during which they will receive specialized attention to re -adapt to terrestrial conditions.

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