Why Were the Astronauts Stuck in Space ? NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Re-entry and Splashdown

Why Were the Astronauts Stuck in Space ? NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Re-entry and Splashdown Watch with us as the four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission—NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—return to Earth. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore began their mission at the International Space Station on June 6, 2024, arriving aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at the station on Sept. 29, 2024. Hague and Gorbunov launched to space aboard SpaceX's Dragon Freedom spacecraft, which was docked to the station since its arrival in September, and has since brought Crew-9 back home. NASA's Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore - who gained international attention as their planned short stay in space stretched into a nine-month, politically fraught mission - are finally heading home. Two NASA astronauts are hours away from returning to Earth after spending nine months stranded in space. Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed the International Space Station (ISS) early on Tuesday morning and are expected to splash down off the coast of Florida after a journey of 17 hours. Boeing’s Starliner, their original return spacecraft, was deemed unsafe for the journey home, forcing the astronauts to stay in space much longer than planned. Here’s all you need to know about their extended stay and long-awaited return: Stranded NASA Astronauts Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore to Return Home | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, stranded on the ISS for nine months, are finally returning to Earth. Initially scheduled for an eight-day mission, their extended stay came with physical tolls due to prolonged exposure to zero gravity. They will undergo a long recovery period upon their return. --- Donald Trump | NASA | Astronauts | Sunita Williams | Elon Musk | Butch Wilmore | Barry Wilmore | Stuck NASA Astronauts Return | Space | ISS | Astronauts | International Space Station | Night Sky | Sunita Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore Return To Earth | NASA Astronauts | SpaceX Crew-9 | CNBC TV18 Sunita Williams SpaceX Crew-9 Earth Return Live: Sunita Williams's return marks a significant milestone, as her mission was originally intended to last only eight days. However, technical issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft necessitated a prolonged stay in orbit. The initial drogue parachutes have been deployed to slow down the vehicle that has just cleared the Earth's atmosphere. The parachutes will slow down the spacecraft for a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The drogues were deployed at an altitude of five kilometres above the surface. Nasa mission control said that the weather at the splashdown site was looking favourable. The Crew Dragon’s systems are also performing well and the ship tasked to recover the spacecraft is ready to meet the crew off Florida’s Gulf Coast. We have the first visuals from inside the Dragon spacecraft. Sunita Williams Homecoming Live Updates: Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months, have returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of the American state of Florida early on Wednesday. According to NASA, Williams and Wilmore undocked from the ISS at 10:35 am IST Tuesday and set on a 17-hour trip back to Earth. #NASA #SunitaWilliams #ButchWilmore #spacex why were the astronauts stuck in space nasa astronauts international space station splash down today did the astronauts make it home how long were the astronauts stuck in space why were astronauts stuck in space spacex suni williams and butch wilmore astronauts stuck in space astronaut where did the astronauts land today space x stranded astronauts return how did the astronauts get stuck in space spacex landing today spacex dragon space station boeing starliner splash down how long were the astronauts supposed to be in space spacex splashdown how many astronauts are stuck in space astronaut return spacex landing dragon spacecraft nick hague who owns space x iss astronauts return live space x landing spacex crew-9 spacex live dragon capsule spacex return why did the astronauts get stuck in space dragon splashdown did the astronauts return starliner live astronaut return butch and suni butch wilmore and suni williams crew 9 splashdown crew 9 return splashdown today sunny williams dragon where did the astronauts land how old is suni williams spacex splashdown today dragon freedom space station rescue space landing today nasa splashdown live nasa splashdown space x live