A pair of astronauts stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months may have to wait a little longer to return home after the launch of their replacements was postponed.

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SpaceX has called off its plans to launch four people into orbit Wednesday night as part of a mission to bring back two crewmembers onboard the infamous Boeing Starliner. The SpaceX Dragon capsule ...

Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Renna) Crew 10, from left, cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, astronaut Nichole Ayers, astronaut Anne McClain and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi leave the Operations and ...

Two US astronauts blasted off on June 5 aboard a brand new spaceship that was supposed to return a week later, but are still there now — 8 months later and waiting — to hitch a ride back with ...

The wait is almost over. After an unplanned nine-month stay in space, Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams and her crewmate Butch Wilmore are expected to return to Earth on Sunday, March 16.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – A mission as part of the plan to help bring NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore home after nearly 10 months in space ran into technical issues on Wednesday, ...

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A Nasa-SpaceX mission that aimed to clear the way for two stranded astronauts to get back to earth has been postponed. The Falcon 9 launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was put ...

SpaceX on Wednesday scrubbed the expected launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S ...

The mission to rescue NASA's stranded astronauts has been delayed yet again, marking another setback in the nine-month-long saga. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to launch from Kennedy ...

Two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June 2024 are scheduled to start the process of returning to Earth on March 12 The switching of crews on the ISS will ...