NASA Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to Return After Long-duration Space Mission

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:12am on 12 Feb 2025,Wednesday Science

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were originally meant to stay only 8-10 days in space, have been stuck for over eight months following their flight aboard Boeing's Starliner. The mission got postponed, and the astronauts were in a dilemma. In a recent twist, NASA announced that they would be flying back to Earth aboard a previously flown SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule as part of the Crew-10 mission to the ISS. This is a significant switch, as the Crew Dragon would be utilized to bring back the astronauts after their extended stay in space.  

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