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SpaceX Launches Rescue Mission to Return Stranded NASA Astronauts to Earth
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NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov launched on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Florida's Space Coast on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission was a rescue operation to retrieve two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been stuck at the International Space Station due to safety concerns with their Boeing spacecraft. The Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month after a fault was found on the new Boeing Starliner.
We've got a dynamic challenge ahead of us.
All of our missions have unique challenges and this one, I think, will be memorable for a lot of us.
They were thinking very hard about flying Zena, but in this situation, it made sense to have somebody who had at least one flight under their belt.
I don't know exactly when my launch to space will be, but I know that I will get there.
Every crewed launch that I have ever watched has really brought me a lot of emotion. This one today was especially unique.
Boeing Starliner
- NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely back home after nine months in space
- Stranded astronauts begin journey back to Earth
- SpaceX Capsule Docks with ISS to Bring Back Stranded NASA Astronauts
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perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.SpaceX
- 2.Boeing Co
- 3.National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 4.Kennedy Space Center
- 5.Roscosmos
- 6.US Space Force
persons
- 1.Sunita Williams
- 2.Butch Wilmore
- 3.Nick Hague
- 4.Zena Cardman
- 5.Stephanie Wilson
- 6.Aleksandr Gorbunov
- 7.Elon Musk
- 8.Ken Bowersox
- 9.William Gerstenmaier