By Ellite Times Team 
International Space Station is Now Open for Visitors
In what can only be described as an unplanned and protracted mission, two NASA astronauts who have been ‘in orbit’ for 9 months are ready to come home. Aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule, their consequent replacements reached the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. This development comes as a massive sigh of relief for NASA and the space enthusiasts globally.
New Space Flight Crew
The newly arrived crew includes American, Russian and Japanese astronauts. They are assigned the task of smoothly executing the overtake of the operations on the station while the extraordinarily late Wilmore and Williams wait for preparation for the Earth Trip.
The two NASA astronauts stuck in the space, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been bound to the ISS since June last year. As part of Boeing’s first astronaut mission, they were supposed to stay just for a week. Considerable challenges with Boeing’s Starliner capsule brought issues for NASA which rendered them with no option but to ‘send’ the capsule back to Earth without passengers. Now, Wilmore and Williams are quite literally in ‘orbit’.
A Touch of Humor And A Warm Welcome
Seasoned ISS astronaut Wilsom “Wilmore” Wilmore received his fellow cosmonauts with a quaternion normes courtesy of handshakes and hugs, as Space-X’s Crew Dragon Capsule Docked. To Wilmore’s reverent delight, he was able to ring a ship’s bell, which is still officially celebrated in space.
Further adding to history’s greatest meets is the Russian space comrade Ivan Vagner. What was supposed to be an asteroid bump, turned out to be a commet—when Ivan greeted his co–spacers in an alien mask. Such dots of gold can only be met in space—this whimsical disguise brought help to bring closer the vast foster gap of loneliness among militaries of diverse nations facing hardships in space travel. This was taken on video and later on shared on by NASA. As befitting, these action offered space travelers moments of smiles.
Why the Delay?
Their return was pre-sheduled for last September, but things went sideways as their replacement’s new capsule underwent failing battery repairs. This, coupled with the delay and pre-requisite replacement of capsules resulted in pushing their return deadlines all the way back to March 2025.
The Journey Home
NASA has now preset Wilmore and William’s schedule, speculated before Wednesday—but with changeable climate conditions. As per the new guidelines, the astronauts will boarded together with a new set of two additional crew members, which will undock the ISS—the first stage of their SpaceX capsule. From there, the capsule will glide down to waters off the Florida coast.
At the moment, the international space station remains busy as the total population of 11 astronauts including Americans, Russians and Japanese. This comprises the members of both expedition seventy-two and the recently arrived crew ten.
NASA’S Subsequent Actions
Just like any other mission, NASA provides continuous coverage on their streaming sites and social media. The agency is in the process of evaluating its dependency on various contractors to prevent such delays from affecting future missions.
At the current moment, Wilmore alongside Williams are trying to enjoy the last few days of their space journey while training the new staff. They, alongside the newly trained staff, will soon return back to Earth. Moreover, with the new staff at their post currently, NASA can relieve themselves from the tension along with the other prolonged missions to sigh out: this is one of the longest astronaut enduring missions in history.