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Sunita Williams Rescue Operation: A rescue operation has begun to save astronaut Sunita Williams and her partner Butch Wilmore trapped in space. America's space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has sent SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Crew-9 to bring them back from space.
Two astronauts went into space for rescue
Two astronauts have gone to space in this capsule. The capsule was launched on 29 September. And it reached the International Space Station (ISS). Sunita and your companion are likely to return to Earth by February 2025. NASA has shared a video of Crew-9 reaching space and the astronauts meeting and talking to Sunita Williams inside the space station. In which Sunita is seen very happy to see her rescuers from the earth and both of them are seen welcoming her warmly.
Crew-9 will bring back both astronauts
The astronauts now aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Alexander Gorbunov, Jeanette Epps, Alexander Grabenkin, Mike Barrett, Matthew Dominick, Evan Wagner, Don Pettit, and Alexei. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov have gone into space aboard SpaceX's Crew-9 Dragon capsule. Crew-9's mission is to bring Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth from space. The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after 1 p.m. Saturday. The Crew-9 capsule connected to the ISS at around 5:30 pm Indian time on Sunday. Haig and Gorbunov entered the ISS about 90 minutes later.
Sunita Williams gave a warm welcome
Crew-9 astronauts Nick and Alexander were given a warm welcome as they entered the ISS. All the astronauts already present welcomed him with a hug. Sunita Williams hugged both of them and said, you are welcome. Meanwhile, she was looking very happy.
Astronauts are stranded for 3 months!
Here let us tell you that Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are in space from June 6, 2024. He went into space in Starliner. But the Starliner suffered a technical fault due to helium gas leakage during docking. And they could not return to earth. He had to stay there only for 8 days. But now he has been there for 3 months. Due to a malfunction in the Starliner, the two were not allowed to return to Earth for fear of a crash.
