international space station mission

NASA Astronauts Head Home on SpaceX Capsule

SpaceX Dragon undocks from ISS in mission to get NASA astronauts back to Earth

NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the return of a pair of astronauts.

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Why NASA's Starliner astronauts spent 9 months in space on a 10-day mission: A timeline

Wilmore and Williams, both former U.S. Navy test pilots, expected to remain in orbit for about 10 days on the mission, which was called Crew Flight Test (CFT). The main goal was to show that Starliner is ready to carry astronauts to and from the ISS, so that the spacecraft can start flying operational, long-duration missions in the near future.

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NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission.

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SpaceX's Crew-10 mission arrives at International Space Station to relieve Starliner astronauts (video)

Hague and Gorbunov arrived at the station in late September, on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission. Williams and Wilmore have been in ...

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SpaceX Crew-10 mission makes it to the space station, greets Starliner astronauts

The two astronauts who crewed the Boeing Starliner have greeted their replacements, who arrived Saturday night at the ...

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SpaceX Crew-10 successfully docks at International Space Station, paving way for stranded NASA astronauts’ return to Earth

SpaceX Crew-10 mission successfully docked at the International Space Station, setting the stage to rescue two stranded NASA ...

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SpaceX launches astronauts for long-awaited International Space Station crew swap

SpaceX successfully launched four people into space on Friday, beginning a mission that will give the International Space ...

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NASA’s stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.

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SpaceX capsule with retrieved astronauts departs space station

The SpaceX capsule tasked with bringing back two NASA astronauts that have spent months on the International Space Station (ISS) after thruster issues following the launch of Boeing’s ...

Long-awaited rescue mission for stuck astronauts arrives at International Space Station

A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on ...

SpaceX Crew-10 docks with space station, setting up Starliner astronauts return

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance docked with the International Space Station just after midnight Sunday beginning the ...

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SpaceX launches a new crew to the space station to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

Reaching orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the newest crew includes NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both ...

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