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The NASA confirms Sunita Williams' earth return date, stocks splashdown time

March 17, 2025 9:48 a.m.

In a statement on Sunday evening, NASA said that the expected Ocean Splashdown of the Astronauts will take place on March 18 (GMT) off the Florida coast.

The curiosity of the return of a couple of US astronauts, which were at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months, confirmed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Sunday that the duo will return to Earth on Tuesday, March 18 (GMT).

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon Craft, which arrived at the ISS early Sunday. (NASA)

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon Craft, which arrived at the ISS early Sunday.

Sunita Williams return date | Splashdown time

The duo has been on the ISS since June last year, after the Boeing Starliner spaceship, which you had tested on his Jungfrau crew trip, was hit by drive problems and considered unsuitable to fly back to earth.

In a statement on Sunday evening, NASA said that she brought the expected ocean splash of the astronauts off the Florida coast to around 5:57 p.m. on Tuesday, Florida Time (3:27 a.m., March 19). It was initially not planned earlier than on Wednesday.

“The updated return goal continues to give members of the Crew space station to perform time tasks and at the same time offer operational flexibility before less favorable weather conditions are expected for later a week,” said the space agency.

NASA to show live reporting

In a statement, NASA said that she would deliver the live report on the SpaceX crew-9 from the ISS to Earth, starting with the preparations between Dragon Spacecraft Luke, at 10:45 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 17th on March 18 in India).

The NASA Astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will also return to the kite capsule. The planned journey will mark the end of a ordeal for Wilmore and Williams, which they hold on for nine months after a daily round trip.

While the extended stay of Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams on board the ISS was much longer than the typical six-month rotation for astronauts, it is no longer due to the US dream of 371 days, that of NASA astronaut Frank Rubio in 2023 or the world record of 437 days, that of the Russian Kosmonau Valeri-Valeri-Polyakov-Polyakov-Polyakov-Polyakov-Polyakove from the Mir-Space Station.

The unexpected length of her time outside of her families had attracted massive attention, speculation and concerns. Due to the unforeseen expansion, both astronauts had to receive additional clothing and body supply, since they hadn't packed enough for such an extensive mission.

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