Boeing Starliner

SpaceX: 4 astronauts return to Earth after eight months on the International Space Station

Four astronauts have returned safely to Earth after a nearly eight-month stay on the International Space Station. The stay was extended due to Boeing’s technical problems with the capsule Starliner and the extreme weather caused by Hurricane Milton.

SpaceX docks at ISS to take stranded astronauts home next year

The SpaceX crew that will ferry back in February two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station docked with the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, a live stream of the mission showed.

The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 1:17 pm (1717 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, with the Crew-9 mission aboard a Dragon spacecraft making contact with the ISS at 5:30 pm Sunday.

Concerns on the International Space Station: The Starliner began making “strange noises” – Listen to the audio

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to stay in space for eight days, but will now remain there for eight months due to ongoing issues with the Starliner. These problems led to the difficult decision not to use this spacecraft to bring the two American astronauts back to Earth.