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Sunita Williams, along with fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth on March 18, 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, which splashed down in the sea off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. The unexpected extension of their mission had made the reunion with her family and pets even more special.
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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams took partial responsibility for Boeing's Starliner setback, acknowledging missed questions. Despite issues, they remain confident in Starliner’s future and are committed to rectifying its problems.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams, back from a nine-month ISS mission, reunited with family and had a grilled cheese sandwich. She thanked NASA and SpaceX, while Trump accused Biden of abandoning the astronauts in space.
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Williams and Butch were in the space for 278 days after the Starliner’s thruster malfunctioned.
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Williams and Wilmore were scheduled to be return on Earth in eight days when they commenced their mission on June 5, 2024.
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In their first interview since returning to Earth, Wilmore said he was grateful to Trump and Musk for their involvement in their space program.
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The agency is working with Boeing to resolve the Starliner's faulty propulsion system
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It was in June 2024 that they had traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) for an eight-day mission which got delayed owing to issues that Boeing Starliner started to develop.
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NASA medics closely monitored their calorie intake, ensuring their nutritional needs were met. Food items were designed for space consumption at the Johnson Space Center's Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston, with all meat and eggs pre-cooked on Earth and only requiring reheating. Dehydrated meals, such as soups and stews, were reconstituted using water from the ISS’s 530-gallon fresh water tank.
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Astronaut Sunita Williams returns to Earth after an unexpected 9-month stay on the International Space Station, and will undergo a 45-day rehabilitation program to readjust to Earth's gravity.
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Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore had embarked on their journey aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, departing Earth on June 5, 2024. However, their return was repeatedly delayed due to thruster malfunctions that made re-entry unsafe. What was meant to be a brief assignment extended to 286 days, during which they completed 4,576 orbits around the Earth and travelled 195 million kilometres.
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As the SpaceX’s Dragon capsule gently splashed down off the coast in Florida, there were loud cheers, whistles and huge sigh of relief.
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The Ax-4 mission will help India is sending a human into the space after a gap of four decades. Rakesh Sharma was the last Indian who went in space. Like Shukla Sharma was an IAF officer.
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Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with a fellow NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. We talked to doctors to understand the health impact the astronauts are likely to face after staying in space for over 9 months.
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Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX's Dragon capsule after an extended stay of 9 months in space.
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Williams and Wilmore can provide the opportunity for researchers to study the mental and psychological impacts of being stranded in space.
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Sunita Williams' father, originally from Jhulasan village, migrated to the United States in 1957.
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R. Madhavan warmly welcomed astronaut Sunita Williams back to Earth after her 260-day space journey. Expressing joy, he called her return a blessing, saying, “After more than 260 uncertain days in space, this is God’s grace and millions of prayers being answered.” His message celebrated Williams' safe return and bravery.
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Astronauts who have travelled on space missions earlier have reported facing difficulty in walking, having bad eyesight, dizziness and a condition called baby feet, where space travelers lose the thick part of the skin on the soles that become soft like that of a baby.
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Sunita's cousin Falguni said that the astronaut will soon visit India and the family has planned to go on a vacation.
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Musk has maintained that he had offered to bring back the astronauts in a separate mission to someone in the Joe Biden administration.
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The crew returned after an unexpected nine-month stay in space, which captivated global attention and became a political flashpoint.
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NASA has confirmed that the astronauts who are slowly and steadily getting acclimatised to the Earth’s atmosphere and gravity are ‘doing good.’
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After nearly 17-hour long journey hurtling back home to planet Earth, Williams and Wilmore successfully landed in Gulf of Mexico off Florida coast.
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Sunita Williams and Wilmore had left Earth in June 4 for what was an eight-day mission. The project was to test the capsule of Boeing Starliner.
