Did Nasa make a mistake by stopping Sunita Williams in space

Sunita Williams Starliner: After being stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than 3 months, the Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth. Boeing’s spacecraft landed at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico last weekend. It was a soft landing. NASA and Boeing heaved a sigh of relief after the Starliner returned to Earth. Till the last moment, the agencies were in doubt about what would happen to the mission. The Starliner was sent on a 10-day journey in June. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore went to the ISS (International Space Station) aboard it.

Due to a malfunction in the spacecraft, both astronauts had to stay on the ISS. Now it is believed that if both the astronauts had returned by Starliner, they would have been safe. Reports According to NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich, Starliner’s uncrewed landing went exactly as expected. The spacecraft landed exactly as NASA and Boeing had designed it.

He said that if there was a crew on board the spacecraft, we would have undocked from the space station in the same way as we did. We would have done the deorbit burn as per the plan and entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Therefore, we believe that it would have been a safe and successful landing even with the crew.

However, at the last moment, NASA and Boeing postponed the return of Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. This decision was taken due to a technical fault in the spacecraft. NASA and Boeing were not sure about the return of Starliner. Even a slight problem could have endangered the lives of the passengers.

Sunita and Butch will now have to stay in space for a few months. They will return with NASA’s Crew-9 mission, which is to be launched this month. This mission will return to Earth in February or March next year. Despite staying in space for so many days, Sunita and Butch will not be able to become the astronauts who have stayed in space for the longest time. This record is in the name of a Russian astronaut.