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Astronauts Stranded in Space Are Now One Step Closer to Returning Home


Astronauts Stranded in Space Are Now One Step Closer to Returning Home On Saturday afternoon, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral for a mission that marked the first human spaceflight to lift off from the company's Space Launch Complex-40. The mission, however, will likely be remembered for something different. In August, NASA determined that SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission would be the solution to a months-long space drama that turned astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s eight-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS) into eight months.   More



(Source: Smithsonian Magazine - Oct 3)

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