After nine months stranded on the ISS, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are closer to returning home as a replacement crew docked with the station. They were aboard the ISS for an extended mission due to propulsion issues with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

Astronauts Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, and Butch Wilmore have been living on the space station since June after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on experienced issues while docking.