SpaceX mission to rescue astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for nine months is postponed

Crew-10 mission Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov and NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi on their way to the planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center - (AFP via Getty Images)

SpaceX and NASA have delayed plans to bring home two US astronauts who have been stuck in space for nine months.

NASA was due to launch a SpaceX rocket from Florida carrying a replacement crew for the International Space Station in a mission that would set up the return to Earth of US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stuck in space for nine months after a trip on Boeing's faulty Starliner.