By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-30 14:51:23 | Updated at 2024-10-02 20:43:48
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SpaceX docks at ISS to take Starliner astronauts home next year
Space Daily ^ | Sept 30, 2024 | AFP Staff Writers
Posted on 09/30/2024 7:30:18 AM PDT by Salman
The SpaceX crew that will ferry back in February two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, a live stream of the mission showed.
The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 1:17 pm (1717 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, with the Crew-9 mission aboard a Dragon spacecraft making contact with the ISS at 5:30 pm Sunday.
After docking was completed, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov boarded the station just after 7:00 pm, embracing their floating colleagues.
"I just want to say welcome to our new compadres from Dragon Freedom," said station commander Suni Williams, who is one of the two stranded astronauts.
"Alex, welcome to the International Space Station, and Nick, welcome back home," she said.
When Hague and Gorbunov return from the space station in February, they will bring back space veterans Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose stay on the ISS was prolonged for months due to problems with their Boeing-designed Starliner spacecraft.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexandergorbunov; boeing; butchwilmore; crewdragon; diversity; dragonfreedom; falcon9; iss; nasa; nickhague; space; spacex; starliner; suniwilliams
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The next installment of the Boeing space soap opera.
1 posted on 09/30/2024 7:30:18 AM PDT by Salman
To: Salman
What a relief for the stranded Astronauts! A Good News morning for a change. :)
2 posted on 09/30/2024 7:35:55 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
3 posted on 09/30/2024 7:37:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
To: Salman
That station must be ripe.
4 posted on 09/30/2024 7:38:41 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Id pack my bags and go sit in that thing and say ok I wanna go home NOW!!!!!
5 posted on 09/30/2024 7:39:33 AM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
To: Salman
Now they really got an outhouse problem... How many now? Six?
6 posted on 09/30/2024 7:41:27 AM PDT by Openurmind
To: HYPOCRACY
“That station must be ripe.”
Lol, my first thought too. The portapotty is going to get full fast. Cause and effect.
7 posted on 09/30/2024 7:44:16 AM PDT by Openurmind
To: Openurmind
The ISS is designed for seven occupants.
8 posted on 09/30/2024 7:44:28 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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