Nasa astronauts receive new ride home as SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at ISS
Sunday, 29 September 2024 Two astronauts stuck on the ISS since June finally got their return transport through a SpaceX capsule after NASA deemed Boeing's Starliner unsafe due to thruster failures and helium leaks. The Dragon capsule will remain docked until February, while NASA continues inspecting the Starliner.
The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station arrives at the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov..
NASA decided using the Boeing Starliner capsule to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth was too risky following a string of technical glitches on their outwards journey.
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