SpaceX Crew 9 Mission That Will Bring Back Starliner Astronauts Prepares for Launch Written 27 September 2024
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft mounted atop is pictured on the launch pad at Canaveral Space Force Station, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.| Credit: NASA
USA Today reports, “The SpaceX Dragon that next year will ferry the Starliner astronauts back to Earth is preparing to finally depart for the International Space Station as early as this weekend. Aboard the company’s Dragon capsule will be two Crew-9 astronauts embarking to the orbital outpost for a six-month rotation to perform a slew of research and experiments. Originally scheduled for an August launch, the mission had been delayed while NASA and Boeing officials worked to figure out what to do about the troubled Starliner spacecraft taking up the Dragon’s docking port.”
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