Two astronauts who were accidentally left on the International Space Station for months longer than expected will finally come home on Tuesday, Nasa has said. The SpaceX capsule that will bring them back down to Earth successfully arrived at the International Space Station – along with four new astronauts – on Sunday.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.

The Starliner crew was originally meant to stay on board the ISS for a week, but issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft severely delayed their return to Earth.