President Trump has authorized Elon Musk to bring home the Starliner astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station. The astronauts who had previously crewed the Boeing Starliner spacecraft were greeted by their replacements aboard the ISS. The Crew-10 mission successfully docked at the station after launching from Florida, with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flying to the ISS on the Starliner spacecraft in June. The return trip for Wilmore and Williams was initially delayed due to issues with the Starliner’s capabilities, but they are now set to return with the Crew-9 astronauts. The Crew-10 astronauts, led by NASA astronaut Anne McClain, successfully docked at the ISS after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The mission was the tenth SpaceX crew mission under NASA’s commercial crew program. The Crew-10 astronauts will spend some time getting up to speed on station operations before the Crew-9 astronauts return with Wilmore and Williams for a splashdown landing off the Florida coast. The handover period is crucial for the smooth transition between incoming and outgoing astronauts at the space station. The successful arrival of the Crew-10 mission marks a significant milestone in the ongoing operations of the ISS and NASA’s commercial crew program.
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