SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts stranded in space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of two lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sept. 28, 2024. Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, left, and NASA astronaut Nick Hague at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sept. 28, 2024.

SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year.