Brief by Shorts91NewsDesk / 07:00am on 16 Mar 2025,Sunday Science
After an unexpected nine-month mission extension due to technical issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are poised to return home. SpaceX's Crew-10, comprising NASA's Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA's Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos' Kirill Peskov, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on March 15, 2025. This crew will assume duties from Williams and Wilmore, who have been aboard the ISS since June 2024. The Crew-10 mission faced delays, notably a SpaceX Starship rocket explosion eight days prior, but proceeded after thorough evaluations. Williams and Wilmore are scheduled to return to Earth on March 19, 2025, marking the conclusion of their prolonged stay.
