{"id":2413558,"date":"2025-03-17T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T21:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nasa-astronaut-celebrates-easy-as-possible-return\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T21:24:54","slug":"former-nasa-astronaut-celebrates-easy-as-possible-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nasa-astronaut-celebrates-easy-as-possible-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NASA astronaut celebrates &#8216;easy as possible&#8217; return"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nasa-astronaut-celebrates-easy-as-possible-return%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former NASA astronaut celebrates &lsquo;easy as possible&rsquo; return for stranded colleagues<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2037507\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"return of the astronauts\">NASA<\/a> astronaut Jose Hernandez commemorated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/3349209\/spacex-dragon-spacecraft-reaches-stranded-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"return of the astronauts\">return of the astronauts<\/a> who were stranded at the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/3349209\/spacex-dragon-spacecraft-reaches-stranded-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SpaceX&nbsp;Crew-10 successfully docked <\/a>the Dragon spacecraft on the ISS on Sunday, nine months after the two NASA astronauts&nbsp;began a mission meant to last about a week. During takeoff, the NASA spacecraft carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had a malfunction that made a return to Earth aboard it too risky.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\">List: The executive orders, actions, and proclamations Trump has made as president<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3349931\/democrats-day-of-action-medicaid-unity\/\">Democrats grasp for unity in an area they all have common ground: Medicaid&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3349815\/byron-donalds-argues-black-people-more-conservative-than-democratic-party\/\">Byron Donalds argues black people are &#8216;more conservative&#8217; than Democratic Party<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Dragon is slated to undock from the ISS on Tuesday at 1:05 a.m. EST if the weather permits. SpaceX explained that the return mission includes a plan to &ldquo;re-enter Earth&rsquo;s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of Florida approximately 17 hours later the same day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They want to make it as easy as possible for the astronauts returning home,&rdquo; Hernandez said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em> Monday. &ldquo;They want favorable wave conditions. The last thing you want to do after you have been up in space for nine months is to be a long time with high waves and you getting seasick.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2846726&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=26efd353db2abd5366882cf1a2ac20d7\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Wilmore and Williams have been there since June of last year, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will also be brought back. The pair have been there since Sept. 28, when another SpaceX Dragon craft carried them to the station.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed on the&nbsp;<em>Joe Rogan Experience<\/em>&nbsp;podcast earlier this month that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3339425\/musk-biden-rejected-offer-rescue-stranded-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden administration rejected<\/a>&nbsp;his offer to help bring the astronauts home sooner. While the Biden administration denied Musk&rsquo;s claim, Musk suggested it had to do with his endorsement of Trump because &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no way that they&rsquo;re going to make anyone who&rsquo;s supporting Trump look good.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/space\/3349209\/spacex-dragon-spacecraft-reaches-stranded-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>SPACEX DRAGON REACHES STRANDED ASTRONAUTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hernandez said that the rescue mission was set for February &ldquo;even way before the Trump administration&rdquo; due to an &ldquo;issue of supply.&rdquo; The spacecraft certification for human flight is much higher than that of unmanned flights, which increases delays.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts have continuously occupied the ISS since 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2037507\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2037507\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NASA astronaut celebrates \u2018easy as possible\u2019 return for stranded colleagues Former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez commemorated the return of the astronauts who were stranded at the International Space Station. 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