After spending more than nine months on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that two astronauts will return on Tuesday evening (GMT).
Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, along with another American astronaut and a Russian astronaut, will be brought back to SpaceX crew Dragon Spacecraft, which arrived at the ISS earlier Sunday.
“NASA and SpaceX met Sunday to assess weather and splash conditions on the Florida coast to return to the agency’s Agency’s Agency Mission from the International Space Station. The mission manager’s goal is to have an earlier Crew-9 return opportunity based on favorable conditions predicted on Tuesday night, March 18.”
.@nasa Will be covered by site coverage 9 on site coverage from @space_station,by @spacex Monday, March 17, Dragon Hatch closed for 10:45 PM ET.
Splashdown is scheduled for Tuesday, March 18 at 5:57 pm: https://t.co/yablg20tkx pic.twitter.com/alujsplshm
— NASA Commercial Crew (@commercial_crew) March 16, 2025
