NASA, SpaceX launch capsule to bring home Starliner astronauts
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- Sep 28, 2024
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September 28, 2024, 1:20 PM
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft with a crew consisting of NASA and Roscosmos Astronauts to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Sept. 27, 2024 .
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NASA and SpaceX launched a spacecraft Saturday afternoon that will head to the International Space Station and bring two astronauts back to Earth in February.
The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon took off with two empty seats and extra spacesuits for Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who have been in space since June. Wilmore and Williams performed the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner and were supposed to be on the ISS for about a week.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams depart Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, June 5, 2024.
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NASA and Boeing officials decided to send Starliner back to Earth after several mechanical issues, keeping Wilmore and Williams onboard the ISS until February 2025.
MORE: Boeing's Starliner undocks from the ISS and returns to Earth, without NASA astronauts
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