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By Marcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The replacements for NASA\u2019s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair\u2019s return after nine long months. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out. Arrival is set for late Saturday night. NASA wants overlap between the two crews so Wilmore and Williams can fill in the newcomers on happenings aboard the orbiting lab. That would put them on course for an undocking next week and a splashdown off the Florida coast, weather permitting. The duo will be escorted back by astronauts who flew up on a rescue mission on SpaceX last September alongside two empty seats reserved for… <\/p>\n

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By Marcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) \u2014 The replacements for NASA\u2019s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair\u2019s return after nine long months. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams need SpaceX to get this relief team to the space station before they can check out. Arrival is set for late Saturday night. NASA wants overlap between the two crews so Wilmore and Williams can fill in the newcomers on happenings aboard the orbiting lab. That would put them on course for an undocking next week and a splashdown off the Florida coast, weather permitting. The duo will be escorted back by astronauts who flew up on a rescue mission on SpaceX last September alongside two empty seats reserved for... <\/p>\n

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