SpaceX has successfully delivered the Crew Dragon capsule that will rescue stranded NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. The pair recently watched as their ride, Boeing's issues-laden Starliner,

Because NASA rotates space station crews approximately every six months, this newly launched flight with two empty seats reserved for Wilmore and Williams won’t return until late February. Officials said there wasn’t a way to bring them back earlier on SpaceX without interrupting other scheduled missions.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, which is due to bring home stuck astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams next year, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, according to NASA and SpaceX.