SpaceX and NASA delayed 4 astronauts returning from ISS, but the rescheduled flight is 12 hours quicker – meaning less time wearing diapers designed to cope with a leaky toilet

SpaceX and NASA delayed 4 astronauts returning from ISS, but the rescheduled flight is 12 hours quicker – meaning less time wearing diapers designed to cope with a leaky toilet

SpaceX and NASA have delayed a flight returning astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) because of high winds in the Gulf of Mexico near to where the capsule is supposed to splash down, NASA said in a on Sunday. The Crew-2 mission is now scheduled for Monday afternoon just after 2 p.m. EST, after initially being scheduled for Sunday. The rescheduled flight is expected to be 12 hours quicker than the original was, NASA said: The four-person crew will take just eight hours to return to Earth, rather than the 20 hours planned for Sunday's flight, per and 's websites. The journey time from the ISS back to Earth onboard a Crew Dragon capsule can vary. , took just over 19 hours to return in August 2020, per Space, while the Crew-1 mission back to Earth in May . The rescheduling means the astronauts will spend less time in special diapers they have to wear because of a toilet leak in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. on the Crew-2 mission, who are coming back to Earth after seven months, will for toilet breaks, Steve Stich, NASA's commercial crew program manager, previously said in a press briefing, per . This