SpaceX launches rescue mission for NASA astronauts stuck on International Space Station

A spacecraft blasts off from a launch pad.

The capsule rocketed toward orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to Earth empty earlier this month because of safety concerns. The switch in rides left it to NASA’s Nick Hague and Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov to retrieve Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

CBC | World News

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