Astronaut aboard SpaceX rocket has pregnant wife at home: "Making a sacrifice"
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month mission. One of the crew members left behind a pregnant wife for the duration of the flight.
Two hundred and sixty miles above the Earth, the Dragon spacecraft is set to reach the International Space Station for a six-month stay. It has four astronauts on board, including one with another big mission back on Earth. Mark Strassmann has the story.
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