SpaceX launches capsule that will bring two stranded astronauts back from space station
SpaceX launched two new crew members to the International Space Station on Saturday, in a capsule that will eventually bring home two NASA astronauts who flew to orbit on Boeing’s problem-plagued Starliner spacecraft. SpaceX Crew-9 cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague during a welcome ceremony at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 21 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / Getty Images Hague and Gorbunov are expected to remain at the space station until February. Originally, the Crew-9 flight was supposed to carry four crew members to the space station, but in order to leave seats open for Wilmore and Williams, two NASA astronauts will have to wait for a future launch. Chris O’Meara / AP file Before Saturday’s liftoff, NASA had been forced to delay the Crew-9 launch several times, including most recently because of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday as a Category 4 storm. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-launch-space-station-bring-home-stranded-astronauts-rcna171273