A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost.

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the ISS, allowing for the anticipated rescue of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore after an unexpected nine-month stay. With Crew-10's arrival,

Sunita Williams return LIVE Updates: Crew-10 will soon enter the ISS and join the Expedition 72 crew of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Don Petitt, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner.

Astronauts Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, and Butch Wilmore have been living on the space station since June after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on experienced issues while docking.

Sunita Williams is classified under the GS-15 pay grade, which is the highest level for federal employees under the General Schedule (GS) system

Four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission have reached the space station. The Crew-10 mission carries NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi,

SpaceX launched a crewed NASA mission on Friday to return two astronauts from the International Space Station, after technical issues with Boeing’s spacecraft extended their stay for nine months, leading SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump to suggest they were stranded for “political reasons.

Elon Musk-led SpaceX launched the much-awaited Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station at 4:33 AM on Saturday. The mission will carry the next set of astronauts to the ISS, who will replace the Crew-9,

Houston: SpaceX and NASA have launched a mission to bring back US astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS), where they have been stranded for nine months.