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SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying four astronauts who will replace Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck in space for nine months.
SpaceX’s much awaited Crew-10 mission lifts off, carrying NASA astronauts, who will replace Williams and Wilmore. (Reuters Image)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a much-awaited Crew-10 Mission aimed at bringing back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nine months.
The launch went off smoothly at 7:03 pm ET (4:33 am Indian time), with control center staff breaking into applause as the Falcon 9 rocket passed each of its flight checkpoints without issue.
NASA had earlier predicted that the two astronauts are expected to leave the International Space Station by March 19 at the earliest. The duo, who had initially planned to stay at the ISS for eight days, have been stuck in space for nine months after technical issues developed on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
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