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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Stranded astronauts closer to coming home after next iss launch - The Untold Story

Crew-9 is expected to depart the ISS on March 16, carrying Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Aleksandr Gorbunov (Credit: AFP)

A routine crew rotation at the International Space Station has taken on unusual significance: It paves the way for a pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months to finally come home.

The NASA-SpaceX Crew-10 mission is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:48 PM (2348 GMT) on Wednesday. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries a Crew Dragon capsule with a four-member team on a scientific expedition to the orbital lab.

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