SpaceX Crew-10 Arrives at ISS to Relieve NASA Astronauts

Stuck astronauts set to splash down on Earth Tuesday evening

Just after midnight Sunday morning, astronauts welcomed Crew 10 aboard the International Space Station — and Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were at the hatch when it opened. The stuck astronauts are set to finally splash down back on Earth Tuesday at 5:57 p.m. NBC’s Tom Costello reports and former astronaut Mike Massimino joins TODAY to talk about the last phase of their mission.

Videos: Stranded astronauts to return to Earth after SpaceX crew arrives at ISS

The SpaceX Crew-10 arrived at the International Space Station to rescue the two astronauts stranded on the space station for nine months.

American astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will return to Earth on Tuesday evening after more than nine months on the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency NASA announced.

The four astronauts are expected to land in the sea on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.

The new SpaceX and NASA space capsule has docked with the ISS space station after a successful flight. Four astronauts who are supposed to replace two stranded astronauts reached the International Space Station ISS on Sunday.

Stranded US astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday – NASA

A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the ISS