SpaceX Starship 6 launch attended by Elon Musk and President Trump 11/19/2024. ETA: BREAKING: MISSION TO RESCUE ISS ASTRONAUTS UNDERWAY NOW. LIVE.
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Thought they were already home.
They were supposed to return to the surface after a few weeks but the Boeing Starliner shuttle that was to take them back developed a leak. The Starliner returned without them. NASA's original prediction was that they would not be retrieved until February 2025 and they are to stay aboard the ISS and resupplied on a regular schedule. The previous week's stream from the ISS showed that Sunita Williams was becoming gaunt and frail and her partner Butch Wilmore looked extremely fatigued, like a miner who had been trapped in a cave-in for a prolonged time and concerns mounted for their wellbeing. The SpaceX Dragon was launched around the same time as the Starship 6 flight and the Dragon is supposed to rendezvouz with the ISS any moment now, match speeds, and dock with it's main airlock. There are 2 SpaceX astronauts on board the Dragon.