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NASA, SpaceX plan to launch new crewed mission next week

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NASA astronaut Nick Hague (L) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission no earlier than 2:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, September 26. /SpaceX via NASA
NASA astronaut Nick Hague (L) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission no earlier than 2:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, September 26. /SpaceX via NASA

NASA astronaut Nick Hague (L) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission no earlier than 2:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, September 26. /SpaceX via NASA

NASA and SpaceX are targeting September 26 to launch a new crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are preparing to launch on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the ISS, NASA said on Thursday.

The flight is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

The two astronauts are scheduled to lift off aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Crew-9 will conduct new scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and benefit humanity on Earth, according to NASA.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who launched aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in June, will fly home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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