SpaceX launches half-empty spaceship so it can bring Boeing's astronaut crew home next year

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Screenshot of SpaceX Crew Dragon launching from Florida's Cape Canaveral on September 28, 2024.
Space X's spaceship launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday.

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NASA explains the mysterious pulsing noise in space coming from Boeing's spaceship

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station, as seen from a window on a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

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NASA picks SpaceX to bring home the American astronauts stuck in space. It's the latest blow to Boeing.

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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing's Starliner, have been stuck in space for 11 weeks.

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Why NASA is taking so long to get Boeing's 2 in-limbo astronauts back to Earth

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore inside the vestibule between the space station and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

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NASA admits it's been working with SpaceX on a backup plan to retrieve Boeing's 2 stuck astronauts. It doesn't sound ideal.

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A SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle approaches the International Space Station.

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NASA says it can ask SpaceX to bring Boeing astronauts home if needed, as they reach 51 days on the space station

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore made a brief appearance on a call with press from the space station.

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SpaceX is building a superpowered spaceship to scrap the International Space Station for NASA

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A Dragon spaceship approaches the International Space Station with astronauts aboard.

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NASA says it has no plans to use SpaceX to rescue 2 stranded astronauts

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Boeing's Starliner docks with the ISS. The spacecraft has experienced thruster malfunctions and helium leaks during its maiden voyage.

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NASA astronauts describe flight aboard Boeing's glitching, leaking Starliner spaceship

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on a call with journalists from the International Space Station.

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Boeing says its space mission is 'going well' despite its Starliner leaving 2 astronauts stuck on the ISS

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stuck on Boeing's Starliner.

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