New Delhi, March 13 -- The launch of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-10 mission, meant to pave the way for the return of pair of Starliner astronauts on the International Space Station, was postponed Wednesday, the US space agency said. With the delay in the Crew-10 launch, the return of Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will also be now postponed.

Crew-10 is crucial as it is meant to replace Crew-9, which 'stranded' astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are part of. NASA said earlier that Crew-9 can return from the International Space Station (ISS) only after Crew-10 launches to space.

Therefore, the successful launch of Crew-10 would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have ...