NASA announced it has been granted a one-week extension to submit its workforce reduction and reorganization plans to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The extension comes as the agency is currently handling several high-priority space missions.

NASA and SpaceX hope on Friday to launch a long-awaited crewed rocket that will let them bring home U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, stuck on the International Space Station for nine months.