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SpaceX launches Crew-9 with two people to bring back Boeing crew


SpaceX and NASA have launched Crew-9 for its six-month mission aboard the International Space Station…

The launch took place at the instant window of 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC) on Sept. 28, where for the first time, a crew mission departed from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida. Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, which flew Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams to the ISS on June 5, encountered numerous problems both before launch as well as once it was in orbit. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, Alexander Gorbunov studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and upper stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute, graduating with honors.

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