Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore Prepare to Return from ISS

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore are getting ready to say goodbye to their extended mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Having spent nine months in space as a result of technical problems with Boeing's Starliner, they will be coming home on March 16 aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon. Their return was postponed with SpaceX initially providing help, but Elon Musk says this was turned down by the Biden administration for political considerations. But NASA stresses that safety and technical factors motivated the postponement. Williams and Wilmore will come back with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov after a quick handover with the new Crew-10 crew, which is scheduled to launch on March 12. Contrary to Musk's assertions, SpaceX's Crew Dragon will make their return safe.

Source: The New York Times