Astronauts Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, and Butch Wilmore have been living on the space station since June after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on experienced issues while docking.

The Nasa-SpaceX mission to replace US astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams with a new crew at the International Space Station (ISS) was delayed due to a launch pad issue. The duo, which went to space last June,

The concerns over a critical hydraulic system arose less than four hours ahead of Falcon rocket’s planned liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.