SpaceX Launches Crew to Rescue Stranded Starliner Astronauts

The mission will bring two NASA astronauts back to Earth in February after their Boeing spacecraft encountered issues.

SpaceX's Crew-9 mission launched from Cape Canaveral's SLC-40, marking the first crewed flight from this pad.
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will spend five months on the ISS.
The mission was modified to include only two crew members to accommodate the return of Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
Wilmore and Williams have been on the ISS since June due to thruster issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule.
Crew-9 will dock with the ISS on September 29, with Hague and Gorbunov integrating Wilmore and Williams into Dragon operations.