Sunita Williams rescue mission: The Space X Crew 9 mission arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), on Sunday. As they stepped aboard, they were greeted by the Expedition 72 crew, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. SpaceX will bring back the astronauts in 2025.
Astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov got a warm welcome from Sunita Williams. In a visual released by NASA’s Johnson Space Centre, the Space X Crew 9 and other astronauts can be seen as Sunita Williams thanks them.
‘Smooth ride’
“Alex and I had a smooth ride up here,” said Nick Hague, while thanking the teams that got the Space X Crew 9 mission ready to take off. Hague and Gorbunov entered the ISS after opening the hatch between the space station and the pressurised mating adapter at 7:04 p.m. EDT before opening the hatch to Dragon, NASA said in a statement, ANI reported.
The Space X Crew 9 mission were welcomed by the ISS’s Expedition 72 crew, including NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Don Petitt, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner.
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