The two NASA astronauts stranded on the International Space Station now have their ride home. On Sept. 29, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked with the ISS, and it’s all set to bring them back to Earth in early 2025. It follows Boeing’s defective Starliner capsule leaving astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore stranded in space when, for safety reasons, it took off without them to land back at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico on Sept. 6.Here’s what’s next for the two seasoned astronauts stuck on the ISS, as well as NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who joined them on board the space station last weekend.Who are the astronauts?Wilmore, 61, and Williams, 58, are veteran astronauts, both naval officers and former test pilots. Williams has been a NASA astronaut since 1998, and Wilmore since 2000. Both have plenty of experience in space.Williams is the former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most…
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