Who are the NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for nine months? - NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station

The two American astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station for nine months may have been stuck there because of the presidential election, one of their fellow spacemen thinks.

After being stranded in space for nine months, two NASA astronauts are getting closer to finally returning to Earth as a new group of astronauts prepare to head to the International Space Station.

The four newcomers — representing the U.S., Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Then the two will strap into their own SpaceX capsule later this week,

The two astronauts who crewed the Boeing Starliner greeted their replacements, who docked at the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26,

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose intended 10-day stay at the International Space Station turned into nine months, welcomed SpaceX Crew 10 to the station over the weekend, setting the stage for Wilmore and Williams to return to earth as soon as this week.

SpaceX delivered a four-person crew to the International Space Station early Sunday, setting the stage for Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to depart.