The two NASA astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed for months are heading home.
Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore left the International Space Station on a Spacex Dragon spacecraft on Tuesday on Tuesday and began a trip of approximately 17 hours towards a splashes off the coast of Florida.
NASA astronaut NASA Hague and Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were also aboard the ship, since he discouraged at approximately 1:05 am et.
A dragon crew capsule that transports Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two NASA astronaut veterans who have been trapped at the International Space Station for nine months, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA’s astronaut Nas I returned to return to returned to return to returned to return to return to the March 18, 2025.
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Williams and Wilmore had made the first flight of the Boeing Starliner capsule in June 2024. On the other hand, what was expected to be a one -week trip to the ISS became a nine -month stay. The Boeing Starliner who was expected to take them home after about 10 days of experienced problems, leaving the couple at the season for months.
His return spacecraft on Tuesday was maneuvered in space, moving above and behind the station, before shooting a series of starting burns that sent it to the earth.
Astronauts are seen inside to Spacex Crew Dragon Capsule Carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Two Veteran Nasa Astronauts Who Have Been Stuck on The International Space Station for Nine Months, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and Nas Undocked from the ISS To Begin a Journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025, in This Still Image taken from the video.
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NASA said that the return trip ends around 5:57 pm, when the dragon is scheduled to splash on the Florida coast.
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Matthew Glasser and Mary Kekatos of ABC News contributed to this report.
