NASA’s mission to bring back the two American astronauts stranded on the International Space Station departed
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts
Nine months “trapped” in space: NASA’s two astronauts return to Earth
They had originally planned to stay in space for just one week - However, the capsule carrying them had problems on arrival at the ISS
NASA has minimised the chances of the “catastrophic” asteroid hitting Earth in 2032
The asteroid now has a 99.72% chance of passing within range of our planet