SpaceX Sends Crew to Space Ahead of Stuck Astronauts’ Return
- Mission is precursor to bringing home stuck NASA astronauts
- Musk’s rocket firm key lifeline to the space station for NASA
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SpaceX launched a crew to the International Space Station on Friday, a closely watched mission that would allow marooned astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to finally return home.
The company’s Falcon 9 rocket topped with the crew’s Dragon capsule launched shortly after 7 p.m. New York time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.