What to Watch: SpaceX Crew-9 Scheduled for Saturday Launch
Spaceflight will be the ninth Commercial Crew astronaut rotation mission SpaceX has performed for NASA.
Spaceflight will be the ninth Commercial Crew astronaut rotation mission SpaceX has performed for NASA.
Commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialist Sarah Gillis each spent a few minutes outside the Dragon capsule, performing tests on their spacesuits.
The space agency outlined its spacecraft salvage operation as astronauts are forced to stay at ISS another six months.
The four-person mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than Monday at 3:38 a.m. EDT.
Four astronauts will travel to the ends of the Earth on the Fram2 mission, flown by SpaceX on behalf of Bitcoin entrepreneur Chun Wang.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the International Space Station for more than two months despite an intended eight-day stay.
The spacecraft’s return marks SpaceX’s 30th commercial resupply to the International Space Station.
The crew’s successful splashdown Tuesday marks NASA’s seventh commercial crew rotation.
The international crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations at the space outpost.
Three NASA astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut are heading to the International Space Station this week.