This screenshot from a NASA video shows Sunita Williams and other astronauts greeting each other after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally returned to Earth after spending nine months in space on a mission that was supposed to last just eight days. The duo left Earth in June 2024 on a mission to test Boeing Starliner's capsule. As the capsule suffered technical issues, NASA decided to keep them on the International Space Station and return the Starliner to Earth empty. The two astronauts finally returned to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on March 19. Here is a look their journey and life aboard the ISS:
This screenshot from a NASA video shows Sunita Williams and other astronauts greeting each other after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station.
This screenshot from a NASA video shows Sunita Williams and other astronauts greeting each other after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station.
This screenshot from a NASA video shows astronauts greeting each other after the SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station. Top row from left: Nick Hague, Alexander Gorbunov, Sunita Williams, Alexei Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner. Bottom row from left: Butch Wilmore, Takuya Onishi, Anne McClain, Kirill Peskov, Nichole Ayers, and Don Pettit.
This image made from video by NASA shows a SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts on final approach to the International Space Station before docking.
In this screenshot via @NASA on X, SpaceX capsule carrying NASA's stuck astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore departs from the International Space Station.
In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule floats over the Gulf of Mexico as it lands off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov.
In this image taken from a video provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule floats in the Gulf of Mexico after landing off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov.
A support team member works on the SpaceX capsule shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Russia라이브 바카라 Alexander Gorbunov aboard, as a dolphin swims past in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams gives a thumbs-up after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida.
Russia라이브 바카라 Alexander Gorbunov waves after being helped out of a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida.
From left, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, Russia라이브 바카라 Alexander Gorbunov, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Sunita Williams sit inside a SpaceX capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after landing in the water off the coast of Florida.
This picture from November 2024 shows NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague from the International Space Station as they speak to attendees during the opening ceremony of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit on day two of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.
On October 28, 2024, NASA astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams delivered remarks via video from the International Space Station during a reception celebrating Diwali at the White House in Washington, DC.
On July 14, 2024, astronauts Jeanette Epps, Sunita Williams, and Tracy Dyson shared a surprise video message from the International Space Station during the American Independence Day celebration in New Delhi. Their message highlighted the enduring partnership between India and the U.S., emphasizing the inspiring potential of space cooperation.
Indian students holds poster of American astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams during a ritual for the safe return of her from the International Space Station (ISS), in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
From rear left, Sunita Suni Williams, selected as pilot and Barry Butch Wilmore, selected as commander, pose for photos after responding to questions during a media briefing after the pair is identified to be the first crew to fly the Boeing CFT-100 Starliner spacecraft tentatively set to lift off in early summer of 2024.
A Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is rolled out from Boeing's Commercial Cargo and Processing Facility in the pre-dawn hours past the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA is targeting May 1st for the Crew Flight Test-1 (CFT-1) mission to the International Space Station with astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket will ferry the Boeing capsule on its historic first flight of the new, crewed spacecraft.