Sunita Williams exits the Dragon spacecraft with a wave and a smile; Passengers are being taken to the medical examination on a stretcher

 

 

Florida: After the Crew-9 landing, Sunita Williams and her team exited the Dragon spacecraft. Sunita Williams exited the spacecraft with a wave and a smile. Nick Hague was the first passenger to exit. Sunita also exited third. Passengers are currently being taken to the medical examination on a stretcher.

The Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft, which Sunita Williams and her team were traveling in, landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 3:30. SpaceX's MV Megane retrieved the spacecraft from the sea and brought the passengers to shore. Thus, after a months-long mission, the Crew 9 team reached Earth.

The Freedom Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 10:35 am Indian time on Tuesday. The passengers on the spacecraft were Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose mission at the International Space Station had to be extended due to the Starliner crisis, returned to Earth after completing an exciting 9-month mission. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore launched to the ISS on Boeing's Starliner test spacecraft on June 5, 2024. The mission duration was just eight days. However, due to a technical fault, Sunita and Butch were unable to return to the Starliner. Boeing and NASA landed the spacecraft without the two.

The trunk, which contains the solar panels, separated from the Dragon spacecraft at 2:36 a.m. today (Wednesday). Immediately after, at 2:41 a.m., the Dragon spacecraft performed its final engine burn to enter Earth and secured the landing path. At 3:30 a.m., the spacecraft landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. SpaceX's MV Megane is recovering the spacecraft from the sea and bringing Sunita, Butch, Hague, and Gorbunov to shore.