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PremiumSunita Williams Return: The return of Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore has been further delayed as NASA and SpaceX postponed Crew-10 launch.
Crew-10 is supposed to replace the Crew-9 team which Sunita Williams is part of. Crew-9 cannot return from space unless Crew 10 reaches the ISS and take over the mission.
Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore began their space expedition in June 2024. They were ‘stuck’ onboard the International Space Station (ISS) following technical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that extended their mission.
NASA has scheduled Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's return on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, with the Crew-10 mission to launch soon.
Sunita Williams, who flew to space with Butch Wilmore for a eight days, has been onboard the ISS for over eight months.
First, NASA has clarified that Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore are not 'stuck' or ‘stranded’ in space. Tap here for details
Williams and her crew encountered unexpected technical issues with the Boeing Starliner, delaying their return.
Boeing's Starliner capsule, which faced technical issue, returned without them. NASA and Boeing worked to resolve the problems before approving a safe re-entry.
While SpaceX in September had launched a Crew Dragon capsule to rescue the pair and it docked at the space station, but NASA opted to stall its return.
Sunita Williams was expected to return to Earth on Sunday, March 16. But with the Crew-10 launch being shifted to March 13, the Starliner astronauts are expected to return on March 17.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: With the Crew-10 launch being shifted to March 13, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return on March 17.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Around 7 hours remain for Crew 10's lift-off. As per NASA, the Crew 10 would launch no earlier than 7.03 pm EDT on Friday (4.33 am IST on Saturday).
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew 10 would launch no earlier than 7.03 pm EDT on Friday (4.33 am IST on Saturday). Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return on March 17.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth has been delayed for over three times so far. The duo have spent nearly nine months in space.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew 10's lift-off has been delayed due to a technical fault. NASA has announced a revised launch target for no earlier than 7.03 pm EDT on Friday (4.33 am IST on Saturday)
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Elon Musk had claimed that he could have brought back the astronauts "stuck in space" home 6 months ago, but, "the Biden White House [not NASA] refused to allow it." Williams and Wilmore, however did not make any comments about the same.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The longest continuous time a human has spent in space to date is 437 days, a record set by Russian astronaut Valeri Polyakov.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew 10's lift-off was delayed due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Crew-10 is supposed to replace the Crew-9 team which Sunita is part of. Crew-9 cannot return from space unless Crew 10 reaches the ISS and take over the mission.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams return to Earth has been delayed further as Space X cancelled the launch of Crew 10 just 45 minutes before lift off.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Earlier, Donald Trump had joked that Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore had been ‘left up’ in space. The astronauts, however, had refuted the claims.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore embarked on space on June 5, 2024. The duo spent nearly nine months in the ISS.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA and SpaceX had postponed Wednesday's launch of the Crew-10 mission because of a hydraulic system problem with a ground support clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams was expected to return to Earth on Sunday, March 16. But with the Crew-10 launch delayed further, the Starliner astronauts are expected to return on March 17.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA's Crew 10 mission consists of four astronauts: Anne McClain (commander), Nichole Ayers (pilot), along with mission specialists astronaut Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams had got ‘emotional’ when she transferred the ISS command to Alexey Ovchinin ahead of her return to Earth. Read more here.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore had embarked on what was meant to be a 10-day mission aboard Boeing's Starliner. But the mission expanded to 9 months due to repeated delays. Read here.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams spent her extended stay in space by venturing into space gardening, making microbes, among others. She even logged 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalking.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: With the Crew-10 launch being shifted to March 13, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return on March 17.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Crew-10 is crucial as it is meant to replace Crew-9, of which ‘stranded’ astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are part of. Crew-9 can return from the International Space Station (ISS) only after Crew-10 launches to space.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew-10 astronauts left their Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket and departed Pad 39A on Thursday morning. Take a look at the video:
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew-10 includes four NASA astronauts: Anne McClain (commander), Nichole Ayers (pilot), along with mission specialists astronaut Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The live coverage of the Crew-10 launch began at 3:45 pm EST (1:15 am IST on Thursday) on NASA+.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The NASA has rescheduled the Crew 10's lift off to no earlier than 7:03pm ET on Friday, March 14, which is 4:33 am, IST, the same day.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: With the Crew-10 launch being shifted to March 13, the Starliner astronauts are expected to return on March 17.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA and SpaceX had postponed Wednesday's launch of the Crew-10 mission to the ISS because of a hydraulic system problem with a ground support clamp arm for the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew-10 astronauts have left their Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket and departed Pad 39A as they make their way back to the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center. There, they'll await news of a new launch date from NASA and SpaceX.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA said that the next available launch opportunity is no earlier than 7:26 pm EDT, March 13, from launch complex 39A at NASA Kennedy pending review of the issue.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA launch commentator Derrol Nail said, “There was an issue with the hydraulic system on the ground side." He said that "everything was fine with the rocket and the spacecraft itself."
Concerns over a critical hydraulic system arose less than four hours before the Falcon rocket's planned evening liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
NASA official said earlier that there has to be a two full days of handover period between Crew 10 and Crew 9 after Crew-10 reaches the ISS after over 10-hour journey.
So, for the Crew 10 launch on March 12, the return of the astronauts was scheduled on March 16. In cases of launch on March 13 0r 14, the return of Crew-9 will shift to March 17 or March 18. Tap here for details
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: The Crew-10 team consists of NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan's Takuya Onishi, and Russia's Kirill Peskov. During their mission aboard the ISS, they will conduct various scientific experiments and study the effects of space on the human body.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Williams spearheading a groundbreaking agricultural experiment cultivating romaine lettuce in microgravity.
According to NASA, this innovative research, part of the Plant Habitat-07 project, could revolutionize farming techniques for both space exploration and Earth’s water-scarce regions.
She initiated the experiment by collecting baseline water samples from the Advanced Plant Habitat’s distribution reservoir and installing the Plant Habitat-07 science carrier, a chamber where the lettuce is grown. Read here for more
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore flew to space for a short eight-day mission but a technical failure on Boeing's Starliner capsule, the duo had to stay back onboard ISS. The capsule returned without them. Since then, the two astronauts have stayed in the space, performing spacewalks and scientific experiments.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: To bring back the astronauts, the NASA-SpaceX Crew-10 mission will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:18 am IST on March 13.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries a Crew Dragon capsule with a four-member team on a scientific expedition to the orbital lab.
Crew-10 is set to dock early Thursday, followed by a short handover before Crew-9 departs on March 16, Sunday, if weather permits.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: US President Donald Trump recently announced that he has authorised Elon Musk to bring back Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore who have been stranded at the ISS since June last year.
Trump said, "We love you [astronauts], and we're coming up to get you, and you shouldn't have been up there so long….We're going to get them out. We're coming up to get you. I've authorized Elon, because, you know, they've been left up there."
Sunita Williams Return LIVE: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Willmore, Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbuno are being brought back home! The NASA astronauts have spent over eight months on International Space Station (ISS) following an issue with Boeing's Starliner capsule, which returned without them back in June 2024.
The space agency announced Tuesday that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April. Stay with Mint for LIVE updates on Sunita Williams' Return.
