Florida- The SpaceX mission took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday. With two empty seats and two passengers on board. To bring astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from International Space Station (ISS) to Earth. On the International Space Station, These two astronauts have been stranded for months. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 6, 2024, due to complications in their original spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner.
The Crew-9 mission will carry NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov to the ISS. This flight has only two crew members instead of four this is the unique thing in this flight. Because the remaining seats are reserved for the return trip of Williams and Wilmore. On September 29 the Crew Dragon spacecraft is expected to dock with the ISS. Williams and Wilmore’s long stay on the ISS was necessary due to technical problems in their Starliner capsule. Which experienced several helium leaks and thruster failures during the docking process.
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