Sunita Williams Return LIVE News Updates: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to return to Earth after spending more than nine months on the International Space Station (ISS) on March 18, NASA has confirmed. Another American astronaut Nick Hague and a Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who would be the replacement of Williams and Wilmore, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft docked with the ISS on March 16.
How did Sunita Williams get stuck in space: Sunita Williams, along with astronaut Butch Wilmore, were on a Boeing Starliner spacecraft to test its maiden crewed voyage in June 2024 and went to space expedition for a little over a week. But the Boeing Starliner suffered propulsion issues and was deemed unfit by the space administration to fly the duo astronauts back to Earth. Since then, Williams has been on the ISS waiting for the replacement shuttle to land back on Earth.
When will Sunita Williams return from space: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to return to Earth on March 18, as per the updates by NASA. The duo astronauts’ scheduled splashdown off the Florida coast is at approximately 5:57 pm Tuesday (21:57 GMT). Earlier, it was slated for no sooner than Wednesday. NASA, in a statement said, “The updated return target continues to allow the space station crew members time to complete handover duties while providing operational flexibility ahead of less favorable weather conditions expected for later in the week.”
