September 29, 2024 2:34 PM

SpaceX crew blasts off to bring back stranded astronauts after Hurricane delay

A SpaceX crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS) to shuttle back two stranded astronauts took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday (September 28) after the launch was delayed by Hurricane Helene. The Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov has two of its four available seats empty so that NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can return in February 2025. Williams and Wilmore became the first crew to fly Boeing...