SpaceX Crew-9

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SpaceX Crew-9 was the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally scheduled to carry a crew of four to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-August 2024, the mission was delayed by more than a month by problems with the Boeing Starliner Calypso spacecraft that was docked at the ISS for the Boeing Crew Flight Test. In response, NASA decided to send the Boeing capsule back to Earth uncrewed on September 7, 2024 and on September 28, launch Crew-9 with two crew members, Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov. The two Crew-9 members would then later return with two additional crew members, Sunita Williams and Barry E. Willmore, of the Boeing Crew Flight Test, for a total of four crew members aboard the Dragon capsule. Crew-9 launched on September 28, 2024 at 17:17:21 UTC (1:17:21 pm EDT, local time at the launch site) and returned on March 18, 2025, at 21:57:07 UTC (5:57:07 pm EDT), concluding the mission...

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