SpaceX Launches Rescue Mission For Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore

Updated : Sep 30, 2024 15:40
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 SpaceX launched a two-person crew to the International Space Station, the start of a mission to bring home two NASA astronauts, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, stuck in orbit after flying on Starliner spacecraft. But the mission is not likely to be successful until next year. The capsule rocketed toward orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides left it to NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov to retrieve Wilmore and Williams.

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