SpaceX takes off to rescue stranded astronauts

The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station arrives at the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov board the ISS and embrace their floating colleagues Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. When Hague and Gorbunov return from the space station in February, they will bring back the two space veterans, whose stay on the ISS was prolonged for months due to problems with their Boeing-designed Starliner spacecraft.

SpaceX successfully launched a rescue mission to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the ISS for months due to...

Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will head a mission to rescue NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stranded on the ISS. The rescue is planned...