IN PHOTOS: NASA`s stuck astronauts on their way back to Earth from space

Updated On: 18 March, 2025 06:41 PM IST | Anisha Shrivastava

NASA`s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago. Pics/NASA, PTI, AFP,  Space X

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<p>Sunita Williams, Crew-9 Mission Specialist is returning along with SpaceX crew. She has been on over 3 missions and a total of 9 spacewalks. Spacecrafts flown by Sunita are Shuttle, Soyuz, Starliner, and  Dragon. Sunita`s hometown is Needham, Massachusetts</p>

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Sunita Williams, Crew-9 Mission Specialist is returning along with SpaceX crew. She has been on over 3 missions and a total of 9 spacewalks. Spacecrafts flown by Sunita are Shuttle, Soyuz, Starliner, and Dragon. Sunita`s hometown is Needham, Massachusetts

<p>Nick Hague, who is the Crew-9 commander, has been on 3 missions and 4 spacewalks. Spacecraft flown by him are Soyuz and Dragon. Nick belongs to Hoxie, Kansas</p>

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Nick Hague, who is the Crew-9 commander, has been on 3 missions and 4 spacewalks. Spacecraft flown by him are Soyuz and Dragon. Nick belongs to Hoxie, Kansas

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Aleksandr Gorbunov, the Crew-9 Mission Specialist, was selected as cosmonaut in 2018. Aleksandr is from Zhelznogorsk, Russia

<p>Butch Wilmore, Crew-9 Mission Specialist has been on 3 missions and 5 spacewalks. Spacecrafts flown by Butch including Shuttle, Soyuz, Starliner, and  Dragon. His hometown is Mt. Juliet, Tennessee</p>

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Butch Wilmore, Crew-9 Mission Specialist has been on 3 missions and 5 spacewalks. Spacecrafts flown by Butch including Shuttle, Soyuz, Starliner, and Dragon. His hometown is Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

<p>Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams bid farewell to the International Space Station, departing aboard a SpaceX capsule. The capsule undocked in the wee hours and aimed for a splashdown off the Florida coast by early evening</p>

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Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams bid farewell to the International Space Station, departing aboard a SpaceX capsule. The capsule undocked in the wee hours and aimed for a splashdown off the Florida coast by early evening

<p>Astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months finally headed home after their capsule undocked from the International Space Station</p>

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Astronauts stranded in space for more than nine months finally headed home after their capsule undocked from the International Space Station

<p>NASA`s Nick Hague and Russia`s Alexander Gorbunov, who arrived in their own SpaceX capsule last fall with two empty seats reserved for the Starliner duo</p>

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NASA`s Nick Hague and Russia`s Alexander Gorbunov, who arrived in their own SpaceX capsule last fall with two empty seats reserved for the Starliner duo

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With 62 hours over nine spacewalks, Williams set a new record: the most time spent spacewalking over a career among female astronauts

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