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.

NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing's Starliner capsule.

A long trip to space is about to get even longer. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were originally supposed to spend only about a week aboard the International Space Station, but due to issues with their spaceship,

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who arrived at the International Space Station in June, won't return home in February, as previously announced

Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams will now come home in March at the earliest, to allow SpaceX and NASA engineers to complete development of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The two NASA astronauts stuck in space after Boeing’s Starliner experienced issues earlier this year have been hit with a new delay. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were part of Boeing’s long-delayed mission in early June.

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

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