SpaceX Launch Postponed: When Will Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore Return? Particulars

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams’s return to Earth was delayed as soon as once more because of a last-minute technical situation with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The duo was anticipated to return to Earth on Sunday, March 16, after their eight-day mission again in June 2024 changed into a nine-month keep on the Worldwide House Station. They turned stranded at ISS because of a technical malfunction with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was set to take off from the Kennedy House Heart in Florida on March 12 with a alternative crew of 4 astronauts to the Worldwide House Station. The launch was canceled on the final second due to an issue with the hydraulics system that controls one of many two clamps securing the higher part of the rocket whereas it stays upright on the bottom pad earlier than liftoff.

“NASA and SpaceX have determined to face down Wednesday, March 12, from the company’s Crew-10 mission to the Worldwide House Station. NASA will share extra in regards to the subsequent launch alternatives when out there,” an official assertion from the company learn.

NASA has not supplied an up to date timeline for the subsequent launch to deliver again Williams and Wilmore to Earth. If the issue will be resolved in time, the subsequent launch alternatives can be found on Thursday, March 13, at 7:26 PM and Friday, March 14, at 7:03 PM. Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are being despatched to interchange the veteran astronaut duo.