After all the speculations, the mission to bring Sunita Williams back to Earth has been launched. If everything goes well, Sunita Williams and her partner Butch Wilmore will return to Earth after 3 days. This mission to bring Sunita Williams back has been named Crew-10, which includes a total of 4 astronauts. In such a situation, let us know how Sunita will have a safe landing on Earth?
For Sunita Williams’s return home, Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket has taken off with the Dragon capsule and the 4 astronauts in it. The Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, after which the Dragon capsule separated from the rocket a few hours later. The Dragon capsule is moving towards the ISS at a speed of 28,200 km per hour. Tonight Crew-10 present in the Dragon capsule will reach the ISS. The Dragon capsule will be docked at the ISS first.
Sunita will return to Earth by March 19
After getting the green signal after docking, the astronauts will reach the ISS. These astronauts will take over from Sunita Williams and her colleagues. After this, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to the capsule. The Dragon capsule will be undocked from the space station and will start moving back towards Earth. According to estimates, it may take about 4 days for the Dragon capsule to return to Earth. In such a situation, it is believed that Sunita will return to Earth by March 19.
Sunita Williams imprisoned in space for 287 days
Full proof planning has also been done for the safe landing of the Dragon capsule. According to the plan, this capsule will be landed in the Gulf of Mexico, where it will land with the help of a parachute. After landing, the recovery teams will take out the capsule and the astronauts will be brought safely to the shore. For Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, imprisoned in space for 287 days, Elon Musk’s Dragon capsule is like an angel because before this a mission to return Sunita has failed. At the same time, the dates of launching different missions were changed several times.
The space flight was on 5 June 2024
If everything goes well, Sunita Williams will return safely to Earth after spending about 287 days in space. This is why Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are eagerly waiting for SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. Waiting that after 9 months they will finally return home. Sunita and Butch went to space for 8 days. On 5 June 2024, they flew on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.