SpaceX launches spacecraft to bring back stranded astronauts

28 Sep 2024, 17:23 by Simon Druker · UPI

Sept. 28 (UPI) -- SpaceX on Saturday successfully launched its Crew 9 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to bring back two stranded astronauts from the International Space Station.

The crewed spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov lifted off as planned, propelled into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket.