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Thomas Pesquet’s journey is drawing to a close. The French astronaut spent six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). But a shaky weather could delay this return, scheduled for Sunday, November 7
It is soon time to return and find Earth for Thomas Pesquet. After a stay of about six months in the International Space Station (ISS), the return of the four astronauts from the mission called Crew-2 is scheduled between Sunday November 7 and Monday November 8, depending on weather conditions.
At an altitude of almost 400 kilometers, Thomas Pesquet and his companions will settle in a Dragon capsule which will leave the ISS and begin a long descent of 15 hours. The water landing is planned in the Gulf of Mexico. “This is not the first water landing, it will look a lot like the one on the Soyuz”, explains the French astronaut. The timing remains very uncertain, in particular because of the weather conditions. “We will still have a weather report within a few hours. If the winds are not favorable, this whole phase will be postponed almost by a day”, explains Phillipe Willekens, communications director of the European Space Agency. The weather will also prevent the immediate handover to the next crew, Crew-3, which will not take off until next week.
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