SpaceX Crew-9's Historic Launch: Rescuing Astronauts from Extended ISS Mission

SpaceX's Crew-9 mission embarked on a critical rescue operation to bring back two NASA astronauts stuck at the ISS due to technical troubles with Boeing's Starliner. Setbacks and delays turned a brief mission into an eight-month ordeal, during which Sunita Williams took command of the ISS. The launch also marked SpaceX’s first astronaut mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.