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Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that'll bring them home next year

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Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that'll bring them home next year

In blue suits, NASA’s Nick Hague, left, and the Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov enter the International Space Station from the SpaceX capsule Dragon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

In blue suits, NASA’s Nick Hague, left, and the Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov enter the International Space Station from the SpaceX capsule Dragon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule Dragon approaches the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule Dragon approaches the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

In this image made from a NASA livestream, the two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June 2024, Butch Wilmore, far left, and Suni Williams, far right, welcome two new residents who flew up on SpaceX, NASA's Nick Hague, front left in blue, and the Russian Space Agency's Alexander Gorbunov, front right in blue, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Behind them, from left in black, are NASA's Jeanette Epps, Russia's Alexander Grebenkin, NASA's Mike Barratt and NASA's Matthew Dominick. From left, wearing red, are Russia's Ivan Vagner, NASA's Don Pettit and Russia's Alexei Ovchinin. (NASA via AP)

In this image made from a NASA livestream, the two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June 2024, Butch Wilmore, far left, and Suni Williams, far right, welcome two new residents who flew up on SpaceX, NASA's Nick Hague, front left in blue, and the Russian Space Agency's Alexander Gorbunov, front right in blue, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Behind them, from left in black, are NASA's Jeanette Epps, Russia's Alexander Grebenkin, NASA's Mike Barratt and NASA's Matthew Dominick. From left, wearing red, are Russia's Ivan Vagner, NASA's Don Pettit and Russia's Alexei Ovchinin. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule Dragon approaches the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule Dragon approaches the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

NASA’s Nick Hague in blue enters the International Space Station from the SpaceX capsule Dragon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

NASA’s Nick Hague in blue enters the International Space Station from the SpaceX capsule Dragon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

SpaceX capsule Dragon carries NASA’s Nick Hague and the Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov to dock at the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule Dragon carries NASA’s Nick Hague and the Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov to dock at the International Space Station, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov enters the International Space Station from the SpaceX capsule Dragon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)

Russian Space Agency’s Alexander Gorbunov enters the International Space Station from the SpaceX capsule Dragon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (NASA via AP)