Spesx shoulder capsule to save the astronauts on the International Space Station

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A capsule made by Elon Musk’s Spacex at the International Space Station early Sunday, providing a new crew to enable American astronauts Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth after a nine -month mission that was supposed to last eight days.

The dragon capsule was awarded at 12.04 am, about 29 hours after its launch from the Kennedy Space Center in NASA in Florida with four new crew members from the United States, Japan and Russia.

William and Wilmmore, along with NASA astronaut Nick The Hague and Russian space astronaut Alexander Gorbonov, is expected to return to their homes on Wednesday after a delivery period.

The original plan for Boeing CST-100 Starliner that carried Williams and Wilmore to ISS in June to return them home after their shortness a task.

But NASA in August decided that Starliner could not be used due to the problems of weights and helium leaks on the external trip.

The decision was a humiliating setback for Boeing, which raised questions about the company’s space ambition An explosion The door panel is at a maximum of 737.