NASA has moved up the return timeline after swapping the spacecraft originally planned for an upcoming routine flight to the ISS.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore's mission at the International Space Station (ISS) has extended from eight days to eight months due to technical issues. They continue to receive minimal stipends beyond their regular salaries.

NASA said on Tuesday that it intends to return astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who went to the space station on Boeing Co's Starliner spacecraft in June, earlier than expected.

NASA announced that it has decided to use a previously flown SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for the Crew 10 mission, instead of a new capsule.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams aboard the ISS might return to Earth in mid-March, earlier than initially planned, due to SpaceX modifying its capsule schedule. Technical issues delayed their return on Boeings Starliner capsule,

NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return dates for the upcoming crew rotation missions to and from the International Space Station (ISS), which will bring the agency's stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back.

Nasa announced that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, stranded on the ISS, will return to Earth sooner than expected. SpaceX will adjust i

Notably, the development comes after US President Donald Trump asked SpaceX CEO and close ally Elon Musk to bring back Williams and Wilmore back to Earth

The astronauts, who have been aboard the ISS since June 2023, were initially set to return on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, but ongoing technical issues have forced a change in plans.

NASA has confirmed that the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch two weeks before the planned date. The agency said in a statement on Tuesday that the launch is targeted on March 12, pending mission readiness and completion of flight readiness certification.