Astronauts Return To Earth 2024 Spacex. Four astronauts from four countries are back on earth after catching a ride from the international space station with spacex. Boeing’s starliner will come back to earth empty, and the two astronauts who took it up into orbit on a test flight will return in a capsule built by a competing company, spacex.

Spacex launched the rescue mission on saturday afternoon with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for butch wilmore and suni williams. Four astronauts from four countries are back on earth after catching a ride from the international space station with spacex.