NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home [Video]

The two astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday’s arrival of a SpaceX capsule.Related video above: Unmanned Boeing Starliner capsule undocks from ISSSpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will return next year. The Dragon capsule docked in darkness as the two craft soared 265 miles (426 kilometers) above Botswana.NASA switched Wilmore and Williams to SpaceX following concerns over the safety of their Boeing Starliner capsule. It was the first Starliner test flight with a crew, and NASA decided the thruster failures and helium leaks that cropped up after liftoff were too serious and poorly understood to risk the test pilots’ return. So Starliner returned to Earth empty earlier this month.The Dragon carrying NASA’s Nick Hague and the Russian …