India, March 5 -- Sunita Williams, the Indian-origin astronaut who has spent nine months in space after her 8-day trip to the the International Space Station (ISS) in June last year was unexpectedly extended is finally returning to Earth. NASA in collaboration with Elon Musk's SpaceX will send its crew into space on March 12 to bring back the stranded astronauts.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are preparing for their homecoming and shared their excitement about returning to Earth in a press conference. The duo have spent months in space since after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft encountered several technical glitches and returned home without them.

In the press conference from the space station, Williams was asked ...