Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub alongside American Tracy Dyson returned to Earth from space.
Three astronauts from Russia and the U.S. returned to Earth on Monday after leaving the International Space Station .On Monday, Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub alongside American Tracy Dyson arrived in a capsule that touched down in the expansive Kazakhstan steppe approximately three and a half hours after undocking.Kononenko and Chub launched to the International Space Station on Sept. 15, 2023, and on Friday set the record for the longest continuous stay on the ISS.
ultimately determined it was too risky to bring them back on Starliner.Wilmore and Williams are set to return to Earth on a SpaceX ship next year.Earlier this month, Boeing's Starliner capsule made its return to Earth but without the two astronauts, Williams and Wimore, on board. Six hours after leaving the International Space Station, Starliner descended through the dark desert skies on autopilot, landing by parachute at New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range on September 7.
's commercial crew program manager.The Starliner's challenges are not new. Boeing's first test flight in 2019 was marred by software errors that prevented the capsule from reaching the ISS. After three years, the mission was repeated with a new hosting of issues surfaced. Over $1 billion in repairs and modifications were carried out as a result.
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