Sunita Williams Return LIVE Updates: After a prolonged nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally embarking on their return journey. Their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully undocked on Wednesday, initiating a 17-hour voyage back to Earth. The astronaut crew will travel back to Earth alongside Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Wilmore and Williams have been stranded on the ISS for nine months after reaching there in June last year. They were supposed to stay there for about a week. The astronauts were transported from Earth to the ISS aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
How can you watch NASA’s live stream of Sunita Williams’ return?
NASA will provide real-time coverage of Sunita Williams’ Earth return via their official live stream. Viewers can follow NASA’s website or Livemint’s YouTube channel for the latest updates
Sunita Williams Returns LIVE Updates: Stranded astronauts thank Musk, Trump for facilitating return
Sunita Williams Returns LIVE Updates: NASA Asronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore, who are to return to earth after being stranded in space for over nine months, expressed gratitude for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump.
In the video posted by Musk on X, Sunita Williams said, “We are coming back before long, so don’t make those plans without me. We’ll be back before too long.”
Butch Wilmore said, “All of us have the utmost respect for Mr. Musk and obviously respect and admiration for our President of the United States Donald Trump. We appreciate them, we appreciate all what they do for us, human spaceflight for our nation, and we’re thankful for the positions they are in.”
Sunita Williams Returns LIVE Updates: Capsule Departs from ISS
Sunita Williams Returns LIVE Updates: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly nine months, are finally heading home. NASA shared the update on social media platform X.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which also carries two other astronauts, successfully detached from the ISS’ orbital outpost at 0505 GMT (10:35 am IST), as confirmed by NASA’s live broadcast.
