SpaceX Crew Dragon arrives at International Space Station where Boeing Starliner astronauts have been stuck for months
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- Sep 30, 2024
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Wilmore and Williamsâ mission was originally planned to last just eight days before the trouble struck.
The mission served as Starlinerâs maiden flight, but the Boeing craft encountered thruster failures and helium leaks so serious that NASA opted to return the capsule to Earth without Wilmore and Williams — who stayed behind at the ISS.
Hague and Gorbunovâs flight to rescue the stranded astronauts didnât go without a hitch, either.
The capsule will bring home Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams in February.
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The Crew Dragon successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday afternoon, but SpaceX later revealed that the Falcon 9 rocket that propelled it for the first part of the journey experienced an issue while breaking away from the capsule.
âAfter todayâs successful launch of Crew-9, Falcon 9âs second stage was disposed in the ocean as planned, but experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn,â the company shared in a post on X. âAs a result, the second stage safely landed in the ocean, but outside of the targeted area.â
SpaceX will pause all flights using Falcon 9, which is the worldâs most commonly launched rocket, while it investigates the issue, according to the X post.
With Post wires.
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