‘Great to see our friends arrive’: SpaceX capsule docks with ISS to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts
by Angelique Chrisafis and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#6VZ0M)
The arrival of four astronauts will allow Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth after nine months on the International Space Station
There were emotional scenes of smiling astronauts hugging and embracing in zero gravity on the International Space Station on Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost - a step towards the return home of two astronauts who have been stranded for more than nine months.
A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the ISS in a Nasa crew-swap mission that will allow the pair of stuck astronauts, Barry Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab.
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