NASA SpaceX Crew-9 soars: Nick, Aleksandr, and a furry co-pilot take off to bring Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore back

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, marking the first human spaceflight from pad 40. The crew, including NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, is en route to the ISS with a Zero-G indicator named Aurora. They are expected to dock on Sunday evening.