SpaceX to rescue two trapped astronauts

“Astronaut NASA’s Nick Haig and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday as SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom docked with the orbital complex at 5:30 pm ET“, NASA said in a statement.

NASA warns that astronauts He won’t be able to return until February. on security issues.

Both The Hague and Gobunov will become part of Expedition 72 along with NASA crew members Matthew Dominic, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Don Pettitte, Williams and Wilmort, as well as Roscosmos crew members Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, therefore, the mission will temporarily have eleven people

until Dominic, Barratt, Epps and Grebenkin return to Earth in early October.

Two new astronauts They arrived with two empty seats.

on a ship reserved specifically to ensure the return of Williams and Wilmort in February 2025, who will finally complete a long mission, although their stay was planned for a week.

Starliner spaceship in which they took off on June 5 a helium leak occurred after successful dockingafter which five of the 28 reaction control system engines failed en route to the orbital laboratory. To avoid risks, it was decided to return the ship without a crew, leaving Williams and Wilmort trapped on the Station.