Rocket with replacement crew for NASA astronauts stranded for nine months finally launches
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Florida on Friday with four crew on board. It means Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can finally come home after their eight-day mission was extended to nine months because of technical problems.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pic: NASA
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NASA and SpaceX are sending a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station. Pic:AP
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A view of the Earth from the second-stage rocket (left) and booster (right). Pic: NASA
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Successful touchdown – first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth. Pic: NASA
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Crew members (from left) Kirill Peskov, Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain and Takuya Onishi before boarding the rocket. Pic: NASA
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Footage on board shortly after the launch showed the four astronauts. Pic: NASA
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