Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home. A SpaceX capsule docked at the orbiting complex on Sunday, a day after blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The capsule arrived with two astronauts, half the normal number, and two empty seats for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. But it won’t depart until February, pushing the stay at the space station to eight months for Wilmore and Williams. NASA switched the test pilots to SpaceX after safety concerns about their Boeing Starliner. The Starliner returned empty earlier this month.
