NASA and SpaceX are accelerating plans to return astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to Earth, targeting mid-March. Initially planned for late March or April, the return is being expedited through a capsule swap due to extended stays and previous mission delays.

After Elon Musk said SpaceX would rescue the “stranded” Starliner astronauts, NASA moved their return date up by two weeks — a slight adjustment to a plan that had already been in place for months.