Why won't Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore return immediately? The two astronauts remain safe aboard the ISS, which is also called a permanent ‘home’ in space for scientists deployed for ...

1 day ago · The SpaceX Crew-9 mission with NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore could return to Earth only after the arrival of Crew-10 at the orbital laboratory in late March. Edited by ...

On April 26, 2007, NASA decided to bring Williams back to Earth on the STS-117 mission aboard Atlantis. Although she did not break the U.S. single spaceflight record—recently set by López-Alegría—she did break the record for longest single spaceflight by a woman.

Jan 16, 2025 · NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, will return to Earth later than anticipated due to a delay in the launch of the SpaceX Crew 10 mission.

Dec 20, 2024 · Sunita Williams' return from space has been postponed again, with her mission extending from the originally planned eight days to more than nine months, NASA announced on Tuesday. The astronauts will remain in orbit even longer due to a delay in the launch of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission.

Sep 30, 2024 · Despite the successful docking of the SpaceX Dragon rescue spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS), Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams will not be returning to Earth immediately.

2 days ago · The comments come after Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were sent on a mission to the International Space Station in June 2024. At first, it was meant for only eight days. But engineers at Nasa and Boeing, who initially sent them up, uncovered issues with the spacecraft’s propulsion system, and decided to return the vehicle back to Earth without a crew.

Aug 25, 2024 · NASA confirmed that the Boeing Starliner capsule will return from the ISS without astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. They will return to Earth in February 2025 aboard SpaceX's...

Aug 24, 2024 · Two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX. Nasa said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams...

Sep 5, 2024 · NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is set to return to Earth after an extended mission aboard the ISS. Accompanying her are astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, launching on September 6, 2024. This mission highlights international cooperation in space exploration.