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NASA astronauts prepare for Sunita Williams' rescue mission aboard SpaceX Spacecraft; check details

IndiaTimes Wednesday, 18 September 2024
NASA has announced that Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth in February 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, after Boeing’s Starliner was deemed unsafe for re-entry. SpaceX Crew-9 commander Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are in quarantine ahead of their ISS mission in Florida on September 20.
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