The US astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are home at last — more than nine months after their days-long jaunt into orbit turned into a headline-grabbing space odyssey.

From a spacecraft’s coolant leak to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, astronauts have gotten stuck in space for a variety of reasons over the decades of human spaceflight.

In our news wrap Tuesday, two American astronauts stuck in space since last year are finally back on Earth, Senate Minority Leader Schumer brushed off Democratic calls to step aside, the board of the U.

As of March 14, the Starliner astronauts have been in space for 282 days, which means they missed a lot of major U.S. events. Here's a recap.

Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams didn't receive any overtime or holiday pay during their 286-day stint in space.