Alright, but only this once. Then I'm going to thoroughly apply some soap and water.
Posted on 03/14/2025 5:05:54 PM PDT by Morgana
NASA's beleaguered mission to rescue two stranded astronauts has finally launched, setting the stage for a happy ending to the nine-month-long saga.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off Friday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, on a mission to deliver four new astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
The new team is scheduled to arrive at the station on late on Saturday. Once there, astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will finally be able to return to Earth at some point on or shortly after March 19.
The pair have been stranded in orbit since June 5, with SpaceX owner Elon Musk and many others claiming Williams and Wilmore were left on the ISS for political reasons.
The duo were initially scheduled for an eight day mission.
Musk said he offered to bring the astronauts home eight months ago, but the Biden Administration shot it down because it would've made Donald Trump 'look good' in the presidential race against former vice president Kamala Harris.
The successful takeoff comes after the Crew-10 mission was scrubbed on the launch pad due to mechanical issues just minutes before launch on Wednesday.
Crew-10 includes NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan's Takuya Onishi, and Russia's Kirill Peskov.
'Spaceflight is tough, but humans are tougher,' McClain said minutes into the flight.
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May the force (of God Almighty) be with you!
Happened on Pi day too! Did they plan that?
God please bless this mission 🙏
It will take about 28.5 hours for the spacecraft to autonomously dock to the space station at 11:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 15, while traveling 17,000 mph orbiting the Earth.
Its probably not so much Sleepy Biden’s doing but his dirty underhanded in the shadows Obama’s underling drecks running the show from the shadows.
Amen—
Sir Hillary wanted to be an astronaut.....lol...
Sick that Dem politics as always was more important to them than human problems.
As Robert Ringer said. Most people have an inner radio on all day and night with the station WII-FM on.
Stands for
What’s— In— It— For— Me.
It would be funny if in their post touchdown interview, they mentioned… “Yay, well, we did say to each other, ‘Let’s go Brandon’ a few times.”
“Tesla is only the largest manufacturer by far of electric vehicles.”
And the only one that makes money
Biden intentionally stranded the astronauts because he hates Elon.
+++++++++++++++
How, exactly did Biden do that? I am unaware..
...SS Minnow comes home!
Elon wanted to send SpaceX Dragon to rescue them, but Biden refused to let him. He refused because he hates Elon, plain and simple. He was content instead to just let them swing in the breeze for months.
I’m glad he’s getting some good news. I’m not sure how much longer Tesla will be able to crash and burn economically. 100 protests tomorrow at dealerships nationwide.
The Potato did not make the call to leave them in space.
Despite what many say, he wasn’t a complete invalid. He could still form rudimentary thoughts and communicate them in a mumbling shuddering way, often coherently. Not fit to run the country, certainly, but also not a complete basket case either. Not yet, anyway. Soon.
Godspeed to everyone involved in this mission. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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