NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ 9 months in house: A timeline

Suni Williams and different astronauts greeting one another after the SpaceX capsule docked with the Worldwide House Station on March 16, 2025.
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NASA’s Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore, and Nick Hague, plus Aleksandr Gorbunov, started their journey again to earth aboard a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), the primary two marking the top of an unexpectedly extended mission.

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Wilmore and Williams, who had been initially a part of Boeing’s troubled take a look at flight of its Starliner capsule, spent greater than 9 months in house. They departed the Worldwide House Station (ISS) alongside two different astronauts, lastly bringing their dramatic mission to a detailed.

Wilmore and Williams arrived on the ISS in June 2024 aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, initially scheduled for an eight-day mission. Nonetheless, their quick journey stretched into practically 9 months after NASA, citing technical points with the Boeing car, determined in August that the duo would return on a SpaceX capsule as a substitute.

Their extended keep captured world consideration, with some media retailers dubbing them the “stranded” astronauts — a mirrored image of NASA’s cautious resolution to keep away from sending them residence within the troubled Starliner.

Right here’s a timeline on the Starliner mission, and astronauts’ return to Earth: