by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News September 29, 2024
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Falcon rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday to rescue the U.S. astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov are aboard the Dragon capsule and were expected to reach the ISS on Sunday afternoon.
Since NASA rotates ISS crews every six months, the stranded astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, won’t return to Earth until late February.
Multiple failures with Boeing’s Starliner, including thruster troubles and helium leaks, led NASA officials to deem the spacecraft too dangerous for Williams and Wilmore. The crewless Starliner returned to Earth earlier this month.
Falcon 9 launches Crew-9, the first human spaceflight mission to launch from pad 40 in Florida pic.twitter.com/BYpPPtaKqm
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