Watch SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts return to Earth early Oct. 25
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- Oct 24, 2024
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That latest mission carried just two astronauts — NASA's Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov — instead of the usual four. NASA took two spaceflyers off Crew-9 to make room for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who needed a ride home from the station.
Williams and Wilmore arrived at the ISS in June on the first-ever crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner capsule. Their mission, called Crew Flight Test, was supposed to last just 10 days or so. But Starliner suffered thruster issues on its way to the ISS, and NASA extended the capsule's orbital stay repeatedly to study the problem.
The agency ultimately elected to bring Starliner home uncrewed, which occurred without incident on Sept. 6. As part of that decision, Williams and Wilmore will return to Earth with Crew-9 in February 2025.
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