Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet prepare to return to Earth. They are currently at the station ISS, but the company’s capsules will soon be aboard SpaceX. According to the agency NASA, it is to detach from the ISS in sunday (November 7) at 18:05 Polish time and reach Earth on Monday (November 8) at 12:14 Polish time. The mission will end with a launch off the coast of Florida, and the astronauts will spend a total of 199 days in space.
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Toilet failure in the SpaceX capsule
On Friday, the crew took part in a press conference. Astronaut Megan McArthur commented on a bug that prevents the use of the toilet in the SpaceX capsule. Means that the crew will have to use diapers during the journey.
– Space flight is full of many small challenges. This is one more thing that we will face and that we are able to deal with. So we don’t worry too much about it, ‘said Megan McArthur.
NASA announces the start of another manned mission
The four astronauts will leave the ISS before the next crew arrives. As previously reported on Next.gazeta.pl, another mission (Crew-3) was constantly postponed due to bad weather conditions and the illness of one of the astronauts.
According to the NASA agency, according to new The Crew-3 schedule will start on Thursday (November 11) at night at the earliest. 2:03 Polish time. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch a SpaceX capsule along with other astronauts (Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Matthias Maurer and Kayla Barron). Take-off will take place from the John F. Kennedy Spaceport at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
