Goa, March 19 -- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Crew-9 have successfully made their way back to Earth following an unplanned 9-month mission on the International Space Station. What was originally intended to be a 10-day stay concluded with a triumphant splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on March 19, 2025.

Sunita Williams' Nine-Month Journey in Space: A Chronological Overview

June 5, 2024: Starliner Takes Off: Williams and Wilmore embarked on their journey aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which was launched atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The objective of this mission was to validate Starliner for human spaceflight, positioning it as a rival to SpaceX's Crew Dragon in transporting astronauts to the Internatio...