A few days ago the new four astronauts into the International Space Station (ISS) of the U.S. private space development company Tesla’s Skylab spacecraft, today returned to Earth as planned, landing in the sea off the coast of Florida. According to AFP, after two of the six sets of hooks linking the spacecraft to the ISS were retrieved, NASA commentators visually confirmed that the spacecraft had completed the separation process, and the Skylab thrusters then emitted a short series of eruptions and slowly left the ISS. SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has become a favored commercial transportation partner of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). However, the latest news says that NASA has temporarily stopped accepting SpaceX’s next space partnership.
After completing more than 160 days ISS mission, 4 astronauts will take SpaceX back to Earth. According to AFP, they are astronauts Hopkins (Michael Hopkins), Glover (Victor Glover), Walker (Shannon Walker) and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Noguchi. They are last November aboard the SpaceX-made Crew Dragon spacecraft “Resilience” (Resilience) to the International Space Station, the first full space mission.
In space for more than 160 days, the four astronauts left the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, aboard the Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) spacecraft, is expected to land in the early hours of tomorrow morning off the coast of Florida, United States.
According to the report, the SpaceX spacecraft is scheduled to leave the ISS at 8:35 p.m. EST on the 1st (8:35 a.m. Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan time on the 2nd). As the spacecraft to return to Earth is expected to take 6.5 hours, the group of astronauts is expected to land in the night at 2:57 a.m. local time in the “splash down” (splash down) on the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City, Florida (Panama City). After linking the spacecraft with the International Space Station 6 groups of hooks in 2 groups to retrieve, NASA commentators visually confirmed that the spacecraft completed the separation process, Sky Dragon spacecraft thrusters then issued a series of short eruptions, slowly leaving the International Space Station.
NASA live video shows the Sky Dragon spacecraft into a darkness, to start the journey back to Earth, the rear engine lights flicker little by little.
There are currently seven astronauts left on the International Space Station, including a new four-person crew that arrived on another SpaceX spacecraft last week. As the Skylab spacecraft left the station, Hopkins said, “Thank you for your hospitality, and I’ll see you back on Earth.”
In addition to Panama City, NASA and SpaceX have other splashdown locations available if needed.
According to AFP, SpaceX ships are expected to arrive at the spacecraft’s location about 10 minutes after the Sky Dragon spacecraft splashdown.
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