<ul><li>Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are due to return home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in a couple of weeks.</li><li>Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams joined the Crew 9 mission after their first crewed flight on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft faced technical issues and had to return uncrewed.</li><li>The return of Crew 9 is further delayed due to development issues with a Crew Dragon, extending their flight from eight months to more than nine months.</li><li>During a recent news conference, NASA officials discussed the politicization of Crew 9's return and Elon Musk's recommendation to deorbit the space station early.</li></ul>

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