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•SpaceX set to launch mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth
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The two -man crew is set for liftoff on top of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at 1:17 pm EDT (17:17 UTC ) Saturday 's launch is unusual in a couple of ways.
Only two people will ride into orbit on SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft.
This will be SpaceX's 15th crew mission since 2020 , and SpaceX 's 10th astronaut launch for NASA .
SLC-40 is now certified for human spaceflight launches on the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The launch pad has a more than 200 -foot-tall tower and a crew access arm to allow astronauts to board spaceships on top of Falcon 9 rockets.
SpaceX also installed slide chutes to give astronauts an emergency escape route away from the launch pad in an emergency.
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