what do you mean? crew-9 launched from the cape, like all crewed missions. in fact, it was the first crewed mission to launch from SCL-40 instead of the usual 39a.
Yes according to people on Instagram, wifi is now readily available at McMurdo. Previously it was only available to grantees (scientists) at the library, and you couldn't connect your phone to it. Well, except at the long duration balloon facility, where the food was as better and the networking rules were lax...
