Watch: Dolphins Surround SpaceX Capsule as Sunita Williams and Crew Return to Earth
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after more than nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS)
Watch: Dolphins Surround SpaceX Capsule as Sunita Williams and Crew Return to Earth
A group of dolphins were spotted in awe close to the SpaceX Dragon Freedom capsule as it came in near the Florida coast along with NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose nine-month-long overstay in space on the International Space Station (ISS) ended with a bang.
NASA astronauts explanation was able to explain the moment why were astronauts stuck in space towards the SpaceX capsule with curiosity, as members of the recovery team were able to approach the astronauts on the speed boat.
How did Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore achieve in space?
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were on The International Space Station, where they carried out more than 4500 orbits, and travelled greater than 121 million statute mile.
The pair have spent 286 full days on the moon two days longer than what they had hoped for when they began their mission. They traveled around Earth 476 times and traveled around 121 millions miles (195 million kilometers) at the time of the splashdown.
Sunita Williams, capping her third space mission, will have totalled 608 cumulative days in space, making her the second highest number of days for a US astronaut, second only to Peggy Whitson's record of 675 days. Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko set the record for the world record in 2008 with 878 days in total.
The political landscape
Sunita Williams as well as Butch Wilmore travelled to the ISS in June of last year to participate in an eight-day mission. They had to stay because they discovered that the Boeing Starliner capsule developed issues with its propulsion system on its first test flight. The malfunctioning capsule was returned to Earth in September of last year.
The rescue mission took on political ramifications following Donald Trump assumed power at The White House on January 20. The US president announced that the task was assigned to SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk for the job of aid NASA in helping to bring back the stranded couple.
