Stranded astronauts could face further delays returning to Earth after SpaceX rockets grounded

Stranded astronauts could face further delays returning to Earth after SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets grounded. The two astronauts stuck in space for nearly 90 days on Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft could face further delays after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets due to help bring them back to Earth were abruptly grounded this week.

Upcoming missions involving Falcon 9 were suddenly put on hold by the Federal Aviation Administration after the SpaceX rocket exploded in a failed landing from a routine satellite launch on Wednesday.

The sudden grounding comes just days after NASA revealed Elon Musk’s company had been tapped to help bring the stranded Starliner astronauts — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — back home in a SpaceX vehicle early next year.

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