N ASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station for more than eight months, even though they initially expected to s

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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, dubbed as the 'stranded astronauts', are due to be back from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 16 after spending more than nine months in space. The two will return inside a SpaceX spacecraft that is already docked to the ISS.