SpaceX Crew Slated To Bring Home Stranded NASA Astronauts Expected To Launch This Weekend

The SpaceX mission is set to be the return trip for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose original eight-day journey to space in June was extended by more than half a year.

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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko hands over a symbolic key to NASA astronaut Suni Williams during a change of command ceremony on September 22. YouTube

The SpaceX Crew-9 mission is expected to depart for the International Space Station this weekend for a trip that will eventually bring home two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were left stranded in space by Boeing’s Starliner.

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