SpaceX has sent a downsized crew to the International Space Station (ISS) to rescue two astronauts who are stuck due to a safety issue with their Boeing spacecraft. The capsule launched into orbit and will bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth, but not until late February.
SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule rocketed into orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides left it to
rotates space station crews approximately every six months, this newly launched flight with two empty seats reserved for Wilmore and Williams will not return until late February. Officials said there was not a way to bring them back earlier on SpaceX without interrupting other scheduled missions. By the time they return, the pair will have logged more than eight months in space. They expected to be gone just a week when they signed up for Boeing’s first astronaut flight that launched in June.
astronaut Zena Cardman and veteran space flier Stephanie Wilson were pulled from this flight after and the Russian Space Agency. “I don’t know exactly when my launch to space will be but I know that I will get there,” Cardman said from
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