SpaceX Crew-9 docks at ISS to bring back NASA's Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore
The Daily Guardian|October 01, 2024
After months of uncertainty, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, travelling in the SpaceX Dragon capsule, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday to bring back Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had been stuck there since June 2024.
SpaceX Crew-9 docks at ISS to bring back NASA's Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore

As they stepped aboard, they were greeted by the Expedition 72 crew, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday that will bring them home next year.

Hague and Gorbunov entered the ISS after opening the hatch between the space station and the pressurised mating adapter at 7:04 p.m.

EDT before opening the hatch to Dragon, NASA said in a statement.

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