NASA plans to send 2 astronauts instead of 4 to ISS so pair stranded by troubled Boeing Starliner can return

NASA on Friday said it would be sending two astronauts on the next SpaceX mission to the International Space Station instead of the planned four so that two who remain stranded there can return in February. 

The agency made the decision to send the troubled Boeing Starliner that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore previously flew to the space station in June back to Earth unmanned because the capsule has struggled with thruster troubles and helium leaks.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov...