A SpaceX mission successfully lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on8, 2024. It is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) to rescue two astronauts who have been stranded there since June 2024.

What should have been a fairly quick trip for Suni and Butch has turned into a months-long ordeal. While SpaceX’s mission arrived at the ISS this weekend, its return trip bringing the stranded astronauts back to Earth won’t take place until February 2025.

Two astronauts were launched on a five-month mission that also hopes to rescue two NASA astronauts left behind on the ISS. The four are expected to return to Earth in February.

SpaceX launched a two-person crew to the International Space Station, the start of a mission to bring home two NASA astronauts stuck in orbit after flying on Boeing Co.’s Starliner spacecraft.

Col. Nick Hague, a Space Force Guardian and NASA astronaut, launched Saturday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov as part of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-9 mission.