Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, will finally return to Earth on Tuesday, one day earlier than expected.

Butch and Suni' Astronauts Prepare for Tuesday Homecoming After Nine-Month Mission By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months,

Two NASA astronauts who have been in space for more than nine months awaiting a return trip to Earth are finally set to come home this week. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who have been aboard the International Space Station since June of last year — welcomed the SpaceX Crew-10 mission with four new astronauts who are set to relieve them of their current space duties to the space station on Sunday.

The Starliner crew was originally meant to stay on board the ISS for a week, but issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft severely delayed their return to Earth.

That’s how long Boeing Starliner’s mission — its first flight test with crew aboard — was supposed to last. But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have instead spent the past nine and a half months aboard the International Space Station.