Launched by Nasa and SpaceX, the Falcon 9 is picking up Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose eight days on board the International Space Station became nine months
A long-awaited mission to return stranded US astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station has been launched by Nasa and SpaceX.
The pair were due to spend eight days on the ISS in June, but technical problems with the experimental spacecraft that took them there have left them stuck on the orbital laboratory for nine months.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/rocket-blasts-off-to-bring-stranded-us-astronauts-home-from-the-iss-at-long-last
Author : Robin McKie, science editor
Publish date : 2025-03-15 17:54:00
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