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Stuck US Astronauts Closer to Return as New Crew Arrives at ISS

NASA astronauts commander Anne McClain and pilot Nichole Ayers, alongside mission specialists, Takuya Onishi and Kirill Peskov at NASA Kennedy ahead of launch on March 14.Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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By Eric Johnson

March 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM UTC

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SpaceX’s Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station early Sunday morning, carrying a new crew that would allow marooned astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to finally return home.

The capsule docked at 12:04 a.m. New York time, SpaceX said on its website, about 29 hours after the company’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the craft and crew from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.