KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA is preparing to bring home two astronauts after an unplanned extended stay at the International Space Station.
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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded in low-Earth orbit since their Boeing Starliner spacecraft was found to be unsafe to bring them home.
NASA crews plan to bring the astronauts back to Earth a few weeks earlier than expected.
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The change came after NASA decided to swap the capsule it would use to fly its SpaceX Crew-10 mission.
It could now launch on March 12 instead of the end of March.
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Once Crew-10 arrives, Wilmore and Williams can leave on the Crew Dragon “Freedom,” currently docked at the ISS.
The two astronauts have been aboard the ISS since last June.
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