NASA and SpaceX scrubbed a pre-planned rescue mission just before launching to the International Space Station (ISS) that was going to provide a salve for two stranded astronauts to eventually return to Earth.

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.

NASA and SpaceX delayed a mission to the International Space Station that would have brought back stranded Boeing astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.