Two US astronauts have begun their journey back to Earth after being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months due to a technical fault with their spacecraft. The two astronauts,

NASA’s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams bid farewell to the International Space Station — their home since last spring — departing aboard a SpaceX capsule alongside two other astronauts.