Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore Return to Earth After 9 Months
Their mission, filled with groundbreaking experiments and spacewalks, marks another milestone in space exploration.
They were joined by astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Greb Yonkin, who arrived at the ISS on a NASA-SpaceX rescue mission in December.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom capsule, which safely splashed down near Tallahassee, Florida.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely returned to Earth after spending over nine months at the ISS due to unforeseen delays.
Williams and Wilmore's 8-day mission on Boeing’s Starliner stretched for months due to propulsion issues, with the capsule returning without them in September.
SpaceX welcomed the astronauts as they exited the capsule, smiling and waving before heading for medical checks.
Williams and Wilmore spent 278 extra days in space, bringing Williams' total to 608 days, the second highest for a U.S. astronaut
The rescue mission gained political attention, with The White House crediting its success to President Trump’s initiatives as a promise made, promise kept.