Upcoming SpaceX mission has been reshuffled to make room for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded at International Space Station, ensuring their safe return to Earth.
NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft / Photo: AFP
NASA's Nick Hague and Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in September aboard a SpaceX rocket for the orbiting laboratory. Bumped from the SpaceX flight: NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson. NASA said they could fly on future missions.The space agency said it took into account spaceflight experience and other factors in making the decision.
The two countries have continued to trade seats. Next month, NASA’s Don Pettit will be launching to the space station while NASA’s Tracy Dyson will be returning to Earth on Russian capsules.
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