Stuck astronauts set to splash down on Earth Tuesday evening
Just after midnight Sunday morning, astronauts welcomed Crew 10 aboard the International Space Station — and Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were at the hatch when it opened. The stuck astronauts are set to finally splash down back on Earth Tuesday at 5:57 p.m. NBC’s Tom Costello reports and former astronaut Mike Massimino joins TODAY to talk about the last phase of their mission.
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