NASA'S 2 STUCK ASTRONAUTS MAY RETURN TO EARTH SOONER UNDER NEW PLAN

NASA’s two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned.

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The space agency announced Tuesday that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April. That will shave at least a couple weeks off their prolonged stay at the International Space Station, which hit the eightmonth mark last week.

“Human spaceflight is full of unexpected challenges,” NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said in a statement.