Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are preparing to touch on earth again in Tuesday.
The two have been at the international space station since June. Their mission was only planned to last a week after the launch of the first astronaut flight of Boeing, but they were stuck in space after problems NASA had forced the Boeing Starliner Empty.
Wilmore, Williams, Crew-9 commander Nick Hague and Russian Kosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were originally planned to splash from the coast of Florida on Wednesday. Now, due to the unfavorable weather, NASA focuses on undocking from the space station at 1:05 am et Tuesday with Splashdown just before 6 pm the same day.
“The updated return goal continues to enable the crew members of the Space Station to complete transfer tasks and at the same time offer operational flexibility over less favorable weather conditions that are expected later in the week,” ” Said Nasa In a statement.
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This image made of video from NASA shows astronauts who greet each other after a SpaceX capsule is moored with the International Space Station on Sunday 16 March 2025. Bottom row from the left: Butch Wilmore, Takuya Onishi, Anne Mcclain, Kirill Peskov, Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit. (NASA)
A crew-9 media conference will take place at 7.30 p.m. after their return.
Early on Sunday morning, Crew-10 arrived at the space station, bring the total number of astronauts on board to 11.
The Russian Kosmonaut Ivan Vagner took the opportunity to welcome them while putting on an alien mask in what a NASA spokesperson called a “airy moment”.
The Russian Kosmonaut Ivan Vagner is wearing an alien mask in the harbor during the arrival of crew-10 to the International Space Station on March 16, 2025. (NASA/SpaceX)
“It was a wonderful day. Great to see our friends coming,” said Williams Mission Control.
The four newcomers – NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, the Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian Kosmonaut Kirill Peskov – are planned to stay at the station for about six months.
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On this photo of NASA, Astronauten Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams SafetyShardware inspect the international space station on 9 August 2024. (NASA)
The stuck astronauts have done scientific research and did routine maintenance.
Williams told reporters earlier this month that she looked forward to returning home to see her family and two dogs.
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“It has been a roller coaster for them, probably a bit more than for us,” she said.
Jonathan Serrie, Landon Mion and Reuters from Fox News have contributed to this report.
