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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Likely because only the two mentioned were up there for 9 months after the original Boeing capsule that was supposed to bring them home failed. They were originally only supposed to be up there a few weeks. They’ve been in the news a lot these past 9 months as a result.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A few days.

[–] isles 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

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