Sunita William return: ‘They are on their way’: says NASA as astronauts undocked from Space Station | Watch
After being stranded for over nine months, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and begin their 17-hour journey back to Earth.
Wilmore, Williams, and two other astronauts undocked from the ISS at 10:30 am on Wednesday, with their splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico expected at 3:30 am on Thursday.
“They’re on their way! #Crew9 undocked from the @Space_Station at 1:05am ET (0505 UTC). Reentry and splashdown coverage begins on X, YouTube, and NASA+ at 4:45pm ET (2145 UTC) this evening,” said NASA in a post on X.
The astronaut crew is scheduled to travel back to Earth alongside Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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“Dragon on-orbit shortly after undocking from the Space Station,” wrote SpaceX on X.
As Nasa went live, Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were seen packing up and closing the hatches as Crew9 prepares to depart from the Space Station.
“It’s been a privilege to call the Space Station home, to play my part in its 25-year legacy of doing research for humanity, and to work with colleagues, now friends, from around the globe. My spaceflight career, like most, is full of the unexpected,” said Nick Hague.
It’s been a privilege to call the Space Station home, to play my part in its 25-year legacy of doing research for humanity.
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