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How Will the Astronauts Stranded in Space Get Home? What to Know

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Astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been stuck on the International Space Station for five months .

Their defective Boeing Starliner capsule returned to Earth without them for safety reasons.

The spacecraft that will bring them home is scheduled to return them to Earth in early 2025 .

The Boeing Starliner landed safely in New Mexico on Sept. 6 .

Wilmore and Williams will be brought home on the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft early next year .

Four crew members were originally scheduled to be on board at launch, but two stayed behind to make room for Wilmore 's return trip.

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