Ride home planned for US astronauts ‘stranded’ in orbit for nine months
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6VXC5)
Pair could be back on Earth next week after SpaceX Dragon capsule scheduled for launch this Friday
After an unplanned nine-month stay at the International Space Station, the US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams's space odyssey looks finally to be coming to an end.
Though a Nasa-SpaceX mission was postponed on Wednesday, the American space agency now hopes the launch will take place on Friday, meaning the pair could be back on Earth next week.
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