
NASA has removed two astronauts from a forthcoming SpaceX mission to make room for two others needing a new ride home from space.
The SpaceX Crew-9 mission will now fly only NASA astronaut and U.S. Space Force commander Nick Hague, and Roscosmos astronaut and mission specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA officials announced Friday (Aug. 30). This will leave two seats empty in the Crew Dragon to bring home NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are unable to return to Earth aboard Boeing Starliner as planned.