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| Stranded NASA astronauts suffer another setback as Elon's Musk's SpaceX rocket launch is delayed |
| 2025-03-13 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The mission to rescue NASA's stranded astronauts has been delayed yet again, marking another setback in the nine-month-long saga. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to launch from Kennedy Space Center at 7:48pm ET Wednesday, but the mission was scrubbed at the 11th hour. The mission was taking four astronauts to replace Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since June. The quad of astronauts were all ready to go and strapped into their seats when the mission was aborted less than 30 minutes before they were due to launch. It's a disappointing outcome for NASA and SpaceX, and undoubtedly the two astronauts stranded in space. Both NASA and SpaceX will now reconvene on Thursday evening to have a second attempt at launching. Commentators from SpaceX said there would also be an opportunity on Friday if the original backup launch also fails. This would have let Williams and Wilmore flee the ISS two days later and be back on Earth with the families by Sunday. The delay comes as Elon Musk said he offered to bring the pair home eight months ago, but the Biden Administration shot it down because it would've made Donald Trump 'look good' in the presidential race against Kamala. Related: Falcon 9 02/28/2025 Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt Falcon 9 02/21/2025 Poland reports another fall of unknown object from space Falcon 9 12/05/2024 Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Achieves Record-Breaking 24th Flight as Company's Valuation Soars |
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