After being stranded in space for nine months, two NASA astronauts are getting closer to finally returning to Earth as a new group of astronauts prepare to head to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will send two NASA astronauts, a Japanese spaceflyer and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.

The new crew needs to get to the International Space Station before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams can head home after nine months in orbit.

SpaceX launch scheduled for Wednesday will carry replacement crew for astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since their troubled Starliner mission.

NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA is set to launch a SpaceX rocket from Florida on Wednesday carrying a replacement crew for the International Space Station in a mission that sets up the return to Earth of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stuck in space for nine months after a trip on Boeing's faulty Starliner.

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams are closer to getting home, nine months after arriving on Boeing’s Starliner. A capsule is set to arrive at the space station Thursday.

The Crew-10 mission will send four astronauts to the space station to take over for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ crew, finally allowing their return home.