The first phase of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landed on the landing zone 1 at the Cape Canvart Space Force Station in Florida, after launching the crew in space, which would hop that the astronaut would bring back Sunita Williams and Buch Villmore back to Earth.
The Landing Falcon took place about 10 minutes after 9 rocket, with a crew dragon destroyed its top from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7.03 am on EST (2303 GMT), carrying a four-member team for the orbital outpost.
Williams and Wilmore have spent more than nine months at the International Space Station (ISS) after the Boeing Starlineer spacecraft, testing the first crew visit. For astronauts on ISS, a day -long goal journey turned into a time limit as compared to a six -month rotation time.
Along with Wilmore and Williams, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian Cosmonot Alexandra Gorbunov will also board the Returning Dragon capsules.
Falcon 9’s first stage booster landing has landed on Landing Zone 1 pic.twitter.com/optb0fv1kd
– SpaceX (@Spacex) March 14, 2025
At the scheduled time of EST at 11.30 am after the crew -10 spaceship, the crew -9 team will start preparing for departure. The splash of an ocean away from the Florida coast is not in a hurry compared to March 19.
The Crew -10 team consists of NASA astronaut Anne McClen and Nicole Aars, Japan’s Takua Onishi and Russia’s Kiril Peskov. During its mission, the new crew will conduct a series of scientific experiments, including flammability testing for future spacecraft design and research on the effects of space on the human body.
While the space scene of astronauts expressed concern over their health, it also took a political turn. President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk often suggested that former President Joe Biden deliberately “left” the pair and dismissed a plan to bring them back soon. While Musk did not give any details about the Crew -9 mission and the return plan for astronauts, he also went out to Danish astronaut Andreas Mogenseen who raised questions about the mission.
Meanwhile, Trump referred to Williams as a former naval captain, as “The Woman with the Wild Hair” and the individual dynamic between two astronauts. During the recent White House press conference, he said, “They have been left there -I hope they like each other, perhaps they love each other, I don’t know.”
