SpaceX Capsule Arrives to Retrieve Stranded ISS Astronauts

Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore, stuck on the ISS for nearly 10 months due to a spacecraft failure, are set to return to Earth this week.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon docked with the International Space Station early Sunday morning, delivering a replacement crew and enabling the retrieval of stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore.
Williams and Wilmore have been on the ISS since June 2024, far exceeding their planned one-week mission due to technical failures with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which returned to Earth empty in September.
The newly arrived Crew-10, consisting of two NASA astronauts, a Japanese astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut, will replace the outgoing Crew-9, which includes Williams, Wilmore, and two others.
Crew-9 is expected to return to Earth as early as Wednesday, though adverse weather conditions could delay their departure.
This marks another successful mission for SpaceX, which stepped in to address delays and issues with Boeing's Starliner program, highlighting ongoing challenges in the commercial spaceflight industry.