NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have reached their six-month milestone of being stranded on the International Space Station, despite initially planning to stay for just eight days.

The crew launched to the ISS in June for a week-long mission but will end up spending an unplanned nine months in space.

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who initially left for space on an eight-day mission, have been stuck in the International Space Station since June, due to faults on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that carried them there.

The delay means what should have been an eight-day stay on the International Space Station for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will now be at least nine months.

ALBAWABA - The homecoming of two astronauts who found themselves stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed by the National Aero

Because SpaceX’s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won’t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced Tuesday that it has opted to delay the launch now until no earlier than late March.

The space agency is looking to maintain human presence in the microgravity environment as it transitions to commercial stations.

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