New Delhi, March 18 -- 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.

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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...