Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are on their way back to Earth
BACK TO EARTH
WHAT: Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are on their way back to Earth. A successful SpaceX mission to the International Space Station (ISS) delivered four astronauts, swapping the crew and bringing the two home.
WHEN: The two are expected to return on March 18, Tuesday evening (GMT), sometime late in the night in India, according to NASA.
THE REPLACEMENTS: NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are now at the ISS.
WHY: Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stuck on ISS for nine months after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft had technical issues, and was unfit to return.
THE MISSION: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission will test material flammability, lunar navigation, and spaceflight’s effects on the body. They will also engage with students via ISS Ham Radio.
📸: NASA posted on X
Sircilla Srinivas is a Senior Journalist with 35+ years of experience in Professional Journalism from United Karimnagar and Jagityal Dist, Telangana. Awardee of TS Govt Haritha Haram 2017 State cash Award. Participating in social activities such as Assistant Governor of Rotary Club Dist.3150, Dist committee member of Indian Red Cross society.
