Summary
- Two astronauts launched to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission
- The mission is carrying NASA’s Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Aleksandr Gorbunov
- This is the first SpaceX crewed mission since 2020 with only two astronauts instead of four to accommodate bringing home stranded NASA astronauts from the ISS
- The crew will conduct over 200 experiments during their planned five-month stay at the ISS, returning with two NASA astronauts in February.