Nasa cuts crew so that stranded astronauts can return on SpaceX flight

Left to right, Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov, and Nasa’s Nick Hague, Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California (SpaceX via AP)

Nasa on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station.

Nasa’s Nick Hague and Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in September aboard a SpaceX rocket for the orbiting laboratory.