SpaceX successfully completed the first step on Sunday to rescue two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, but it won’t bring the pair home for another five months.

Two astronauts relinquished their seats on a four-person spacecraft so that their colleagues could return to Earth from the ISS, where they’ve been stuck since June.

SpaceX's Crew-9 mission successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, marking another milestone for NASA’s ongoing crewed spaceflight missions. The Dragon capsule carried two astronauts,