NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have successfully returned to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Their return, which took place on March 18, 2025, was facilitated by a SpaceX Dragon capsule that splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle.Initially launched in June 2024 for what was intended to be a week-long

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, along with two other crew members, successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at 1:05 AM ET on March 18, 2025.Their departure marks the end of a nine-month mission that was originally intended to last only a week but was extended due to complications with Boeing’s Starliner

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbiting complex at 12:04 a.m. EDT, while the station was roughly 260 statute miles over the Atlantic Ocean.Following Dragon’s link up to the

NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched a mission to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS). The two astronauts have been stranded on the ISS for nine months, far exceeding their initial planned stay of about a week. Their prolonged stay was due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which they used to reach the