SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday to retrieve two astronauts who have been stranded since June due to issues with their Boeing-designed Starliner spacecraft.
The Dragon capsule, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, docked with the orbiting complex at 5.30 p.m. ET on Sept. 29, NASA said in a statement.
Another two empty seats on the capsule were saved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month after NASA deemed it was risky for flight.
Hague and Gorbunov entered the space station after the capsule’s hatch was opened at around 7 p.m. ET, and they were welcomed by the NASA crew at the ISS, including Wilmore and Williams....
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