Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams expected to be gone just a week when they launched on Boeing's first astronaut flight. They hit the nine-month mark earlier this month

The replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair’s return after nine long months. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get a relief team to the space station before they can check out. Arrival is set for late Saturday night.