NASA deemed the Starliner too risky to carry astronauts back to Earth and sent the spacecraft home without its crew in September, leaving the two without a ride home. Now, the NASA astronauts are set to return on March 19 or 20, but they will make their return to Earth with SpaceX, aboard its Crew-9 return flight.

Elon Musk and SpaceX have been ready to return NASA astronauts from the ISS after their mission was extended from 8 days to 8 months.

Two NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, have been stuck on the ISS for nearly 300 days due to technical malfunctions with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Elon Musk claims political reasons may be behind their extended stay.