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Stranded Astronauts Ready for Wednesday Return After Space X Crew Docks at International Space Station

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore went to space expecting to stay for eight days and ended up staying for eight months.

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The four SpaceX Crew-10 members and the seven Expedition 72 crew members join each other for a welcoming ceremony shortly after the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the International Space Station and the hatches opened. NASA
SHARON KEHNEMUI
SHARON KEHNEMUI

Space X Crew 10 is settling in at the International Space Station Sunday after its long-awaited arrival by two astronauts who saw their eight-day stay extended to eight months amid rocket malfunctions and crew changes.

Crew-10, led by Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, took off Friday night from Cape Canaveral on the Space X Dragon with Japanese Flight Director Takuta Onishi  and Russian Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov aboard. 

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SHARON KEHNEMUI
SHARON KEHNEMUI

Ms. Kehnemui is a 12-year veteran of FoxNews.com, where she was a reporter and then senior politics editor. She subsequently worked as managing director of digital communications at American Enterprise Institute.

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