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On September 29, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:17 p.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov to the International Space Station (ISS), Anadolu Agency reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Crew-9 mission aims to retrieve two American astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stranded on the ISS for months due to issues with their Boeing-designed Starliner spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson congratulated the teams on the launch, emphasizing the exciting era of space exploration. Originally scheduled for an eight-day mission, Wilmore and Williams had their return delayed due to propulsion problems. After extensive evaluations, the launch was postponed from mid-August to late September, further impacted by Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SpaceX Dragon vessel is set to dock with the ISS on September 30, 2024, at approximately 9:30 p.m. GMT, facilitating a handover before the astronauts’ return. Crew-9 will also conduct 200 scientific experiments during their five-month stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On September 29, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:17 p.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov to the International Space Station (ISS), Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The Crew-9 mission aims to retrieve two American astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[10404,10405],"class_list":["post-112141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-spacex-falcon-9-rocket","tag-stranded-astronauts-at-iss"],"yoast_head":"\n