The two American astronauts who were trapped nine months at the International Space Station (ISS) began their big and difficult journey on their return to Earth.

The Americans Barry Willmore and Sunny Williams They return with another American astronaut, Nick Hag, and the Russian cosmonaut, Alexander Gorbunov, with SpaceX spaceships.

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The return trip is expected to take 17 hours.

Wilmore and William astronauts went to International Space Station on June 6 of last yearin order to evaluate Starliner’s binding and operational capabilities on his first manned flight and return home no later than 10 days later.

But a row by technical problems and fears for security, Nasa and Boeing decided to send the capsule back to the land leave in September and extend the couple’s stay.

NASA had initially announced in August that Spacex, a Boeing competitor, would take over the Gemini’s return to Earth in February. But the business was postponed to March.

The Dragon capsule of SpaceX, with which astronauts travel to the ISS, was tied to the ISS.

The head of SpaceX Masculinewho funded millions of dollars on Republican Campaign Donald Trump, had said the US president asked his company to make sure that the two astronauts to return the ‘as soon as possible“