SpaceX steps in after Biden hold lifted—NASA crew heads to ISS rescue mission

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NASA, SpaceX launches mission to International Space Station to retrieve Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore. “NASA and SpaceX launched NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday night in a mission that will also aim to return Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. In a clear night sky, the launch went off as planned at 7:03 p.m. EDT after SpaceX ground teams on Thursday had resolved an air pocket issue in the hydraulics system for the clamp arm supporting the Falcon 9 rocket.”