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NASA gives major update on stranded astronauts' rescue mission

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NASA is expected to announce a new return date for stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore , who have been stuck on the ISS for more than eight months .

Agency sources tell Ars Technica that the space agency will make a change that should allow Williams and Wilmore to come home as early as March 19 .

This is about two weeks earlier than the existing public timeline for their return flight.

This change involves swapping out the spacecraft originally intended to be used for SpaceX's Crew-10 mission for a difference SpaceX craft.

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