Stranded US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are scheduled to fly back to earth on Tuesday — ending their extended, nine-month stay in space. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams

There was sheer joy as the spacecraft that will carry stranded astronauts docks at the international space station. It's the first step in bringing home astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. Through their 9-month ordeal as space castaways,

The delayed mission has reached the space station, the hatch has opened and soon the two astronauts who've been "stuck" in space can return home.