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SpaceX capsule arrives at space station to save NASA astronauts stranded by Boeing's Starliner

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By James Gordon
30 September 2024

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with the arrival of a SpaceX capsule on Sunday.

SpaceX launched the rescue mission one day earlier on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will return next year.

The Dragon capsule docked in darkness as the two craft soared 265 miles above Botswana.

NASA switched Wilmore and Williams to SpaceX following concerns over the safety of their Boeing Starliner capsule.

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The article is confusing. Who is leaving next week? Why do they have to wait until February? I do not understand?

The Dragon carrying NASA's Nick Hague and the Russian Space Agency's Alexander Gorbunov will remain at the space station until February, turning what should have been a weeklong trip for Wilmore and Williams into a mission lasting more than eight months.

The arrival of two fresh astronauts means the four who have been up there since March can now return to Earth in their own SpaceX capsule in just over a week, bringing the station's crew size back down to the normal seven.

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The legacy media won’t give SpaceX’s rescue of the Boeing Starliner astronauts much attention because they would have to praise Elon Musk.

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I wonder if Boing could launch a plane into space.  A rescue mission to get Musks Tesla.
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I wonder if Boing could launch a plane into space.  A rescue mission to get Musks Tesla.

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