Sunita Williams Butch Wilmore Return To Earth Splashdown Off Florida Coast Watch Dragon Entry To Earths Atmosphere
2 days, 14 hours ago

Sunita Williams Butch Wilmore Return To Earth Splashdown Off Florida Coast Watch Dragon Entry To Earths Atmosphere

ABP News  

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore finally returned to Earth after 9 long months in space. Drogue and main parachutes have deployed pic.twitter.com/X0wiXqFaPt — SpaceX March 18, 2025 The friction between a spacecraft and the air particles usually generates immense heat, a process called aerothermal heating. Although nothing is known about the long-term effects of prolonged exposure to space, astronauts are known to have undergone reversible physical changes even after short durations outside the Earth's atmosphere. Among the various risks that astronauts face due to a prolonged space tour are muscle atrophy and muscle dysfunction as muscle fibre size experiences major reduction.

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'A movie scene’: Incredible moment dolphins surround Dragon capsule as Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore return | Watch
2 days, 10 hours ago

'A movie scene’: Incredible moment dolphins surround Dragon capsule as Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore return | Watch

Hindustan Times  

A viral video shared on X shows a pod of dolphins surrounding the SpaceX Crew Dragon as astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after being stranded in space for nine months. God’s creatures and the Gulf of America are amazing.” ‘It’s literally a movie scene’ Many X users rejoiced in the comment section, with one saying, “Dolphins …

Sunita Williams live updates: Prayers, smiles, and safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts
2 days, 10 hours ago

Sunita Williams live updates: Prayers, smiles, and safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts

Hindustan Times  

Sunita Williams Live Updates: NASA astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after he, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025. Sunita Williams live updates: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned …

Video: The moment SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore splashed down
2 days, 11 hours ago

Video: The moment SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore splashed down

Hindustan Times  

A 36-second video shared by SpaceX captured the moment SpaceX's Crew-9 capsule splashed down on Earth, carrying NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had been stranded in space for nine months. The two NASA astronauts spent 286 days in orbit before finally returning to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, marking the end of a prolonged mission that …

Sunita Williams feels Earth's gravity for the first time in nine months: Watch
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2 days, 12 hours ago

Sunita Williams feels Earth's gravity for the first time in nine months: Watch

India Today  

Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on Tuesday, nine months after their planned week-long stay at the International Space Station was extended to over nine months due to issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Panhandle, concluding their mission after departing the International Space Station earlier …

SpaceX Freedom, splashdown: Watch the moment Sunita Williams returned home
2 days, 12 hours ago

SpaceX Freedom, splashdown: Watch the moment Sunita Williams returned home

India Today  

Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at around 3.30 am Indian Time, concluding a historic space mission. Their return marked the end of an unexpectedly extended nine-month stay at the International Space Station, originally planned as an eight-day mission. However, numerous technical issues arose during the journey to the space station, …

Sunita Williams returns: Chiranjeevi, Madhavan, actors celebrate 'heroic homecoming'
2 days, 12 hours ago

Sunita Williams returns: Chiranjeevi, Madhavan, actors celebrate 'heroic homecoming'

India Today  

Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf Coast of Florida after a 17-hour journey from space. They concluded their historic mission at the International Space Station, which was initially planned for eight days but extended to nine months, at around 3:30 am IST. Read his full post here: Actor Jackie Shroff wrote, "Enduring nine months …

From undocking to splashdown: Sunita Williams's long journey to come home
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2 days, 12 hours ago

From undocking to splashdown: Sunita Williams's long journey to come home

India Today  

Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely returned to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule on Tuesday, successfully splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida early Wednesday morning. On Tuesday morning, Wilmore and Williams, along with two other astronauts, strapped into their Crew Dragon spacecraft and undocked from the International Space Station at 10.35 am for …

Sunita Williams' space ordeal ends, lands on earth after 9-months
2 days, 14 hours ago

Sunita Williams' space ordeal ends, lands on earth after 9-months

Hindustan Times  

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space. Their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, 'Freedom', glided through Earth’s atmosphere, enduring blistering temperatures of around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, before parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee. An unexpected odyssey Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams initially launched to the International Space Station in June of …

Astronauts Sunita, Butch, finally on way to Earth
2 days, 16 hours ago

Astronauts Sunita, Butch, finally on way to Earth

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington:Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission. A Nasa official said the weather conditions for the splashdown were expected to be “pristine.” …

Sunita Williams return: When and where to watch SpaceX capsule's splashdown
2 days, 18 hours ago

Sunita Williams return: When and where to watch SpaceX capsule's splashdown

Hindustan Times  

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are on their way back to Earth after successfully undocking from the International Space Station earlier on Tuesday, on a SpaceX 'Dragon' capsule. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are returning to Earth after being stuck at the space station for more than nine months. When and where to watch Sunita Williams' splashdown Sunita …

Sunita Williams' return: What happens after NASA astronauts' landing on Earth?
2 days, 23 hours ago

Sunita Williams' return: What happens after NASA astronauts' landing on Earth?

Hindustan Times  

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA astronauts, are about to return to Earth from the International Space Station, where they have been living for nine months in a drawn-out mission fraught with technical challenges, schedule changes and politics. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams laughs with relatives as she leaves the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Space Launch Complex …

Sunita Williams & Barry Wilmore Bid Goodbye To ISS As Dragon Undocks From Space Station: WATCH
3 days, 3 hours ago

Sunita Williams & Barry Wilmore Bid Goodbye To ISS As Dragon Undocks From Space Station: WATCH

ABP News  

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore embarked on their return journey to Earth on Tuesday, departing from the International Space Station after an extended nine-month stay. pic.twitter.com/W3jcoEdjDG — NASA March 18, 2025 Along with Williams and Wilmore, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov also boarded the Dragon spacecraft and departed from the Harmony module to conclude …

Live: ‘PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT,’ White House credits Trump, SpaceX, NASA for Sunita Williams and Wilmore’s return
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3 days, 9 hours ago

Live: ‘PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT,’ White House credits Trump, SpaceX, NASA for Sunita Williams and Wilmore’s return

Hindustan Times  

From left, NASA's Butch Wilmore, Russia’s Alexander Gorbunov, NASA’s Nick Hague, and NASA's Suni Williams wait to exit the SpaceX capsule after splashing down, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Sunita Williams live updates: Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have safely returned to Earth after spending over nine months in space due to unexpected delays. Sunita Williams return | Key points -Sunita …

Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore depart Space Station, begin homecoming voyage
3 days, 12 hours ago

Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore depart Space Station, begin homecoming voyage

India Today  

Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore undocked from the International Space Station after a remarkable nine-month mission, which was originally intended to last just eight days. Their return journey commenced on March 18, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, alongside fellow astronauts Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. A Prolonged Mission Williams and Wilmore launched on June …

Video: Sunita Williams boards SpaceX Dragon with Butch Willmore to return home
3 days, 12 hours ago

Video: Sunita Williams boards SpaceX Dragon with Butch Willmore to return home

India Today  

Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams is preparing for her highly anticipated return to Earth, marking the end of an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. Williams, along with fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, will board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Tuesday, as part of the Crew-9 mission. WATCH SUNITA WILLIAMS HOMECOMING LIVE HERE The astronauts have been on the ISS …

Sunita Williams Spacex Crew-9 Return Updates: Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore
3 days, 23 hours ago

Sunita Williams Spacex Crew-9 Return Updates: Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore

The Hindu  

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. The duo have been on the ISS since June after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they were testing on its maiden crewed voyage suffered propulsion issues and …

Sunita Williams' return date confirmed: When and where to watch Earth splashdown
4 days, 8 hours ago

Sunita Williams' return date confirmed: When and where to watch Earth splashdown

Hindustan Times  

With the replacement crew on board the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore finally have a date of return to Earth. FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station, The two astronauts have been in space for more than nine months as their …

Sunita Williams set to return to Earth on Tuesday, NASA shares splashdown time
Top News
4 days, 10 hours ago

Sunita Williams set to return to Earth on Tuesday, NASA shares splashdown time

Hindustan Times  

With curiosity building over the return of a pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Sunday confirmed that the duo will return to Earth on Tuesday, March 18, evening. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a …

Sunita Williams rescue mission: Inside the plan to bring back stuck Nasa astronauts
1 week, 3 days ago

Sunita Williams rescue mission: Inside the plan to bring back stuck Nasa astronauts

India Today  

Stuck in space for over eight months Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore are all set to come back. The Dragon spacecraft will lift off with four Nasa astronauts part of Crew-10 mission, who will replace the current Crew-9 mission aboard the flying laboratory. Nasa astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA astronaut …

Sunita Williams’ homecoming: SpaceX Crew-9 prepares for re-entry to Earth aboard Dragon
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Sunita Williams’ homecoming: SpaceX Crew-9 prepares for re-entry to Earth aboard Dragon

Hindustan Times  

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been stranded on the International Space Station since last September, may return to Earth earlier than expected aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. Originally set to carry four astronauts, Crew-9 instead launched with only two—NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—leaving two open seats for Sunita Williams and Butch …

Sunita Williams to return to Earth on March 19. Full details inside
1 month, 1 week ago

Sunita Williams to return to Earth on March 19. Full details inside

India Today  

After living in space for over eight months, Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams's extended spaceflight mission is set to come to an end in March. Nasa astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore in an exclusive conversation with CNN, from space, said that the Crew-10 mission will launch from Earth on March 12 and dock with the International Space Station for their …

NASA insists on Sunita Williams, mysteriously hospitalised astronauts' safety amid escalating health concerns
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA insists on Sunita Williams, mysteriously hospitalised astronauts' safety amid escalating health concerns

Hindustan Times  

NASA has been in hot water since Sunita Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore’s week-long space adventure stretched into a months-long wait. Although the initial checkups were merely procedural, one unspecified astronaut from the team had to stay back in the hospital due to a “medical issue.” Mounting health concerns after new Sunita Williams image surfaces from the ISS Hot on …

Nasa SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to medical facility after successful splash down on Earth — two months behind schedule
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nasa SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to medical facility after successful splash down on Earth — two months behind schedule

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Crew-8 mission — Nasa’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin — …

4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton
4 months, 3 weeks ago

4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton

LA Times  

Support teams approach the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft after it splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast on Friday. Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of Mexico just …

SpaceX moving Dragon recovery to California waters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

SpaceX moving Dragon recovery to California waters

LA Times  

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft lands in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will take a new route home beginning next year after the company announced it will move its splashdowns back to the waters off California. Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said Sunday on X that the city’s port would be the new home for …

NASA SpaceX crew splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA SpaceX crew splashes down in Gulf of Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Astronauts return to earth after a six-month scientific mission on the International Space Station. Four astronauts strapped inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida after a six-month scientific mission on the International Space Station. Since arriving at the ISS on April 24, the crew of two Americans, a …

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with 2 astronauts splashes down in Gulf of Mexico. Watch Video
4 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with 2 astronauts splashes down in Gulf of Mexico. Watch Video

India TV News  

Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, carrying Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf …

SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts splash down in Gulf of Mexico
4 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts splash down in Gulf of Mexico

Al Jazeera  

The splashdown was the first astronaut water landing since the end of the Apollo programme in the 1970s. The weather conditions in Pensacola were pretty close to perfect on Sunday afternoon when the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere. NASA’s commercial crew program manager, Steve Stitch, said that the Crew Dragon capsule completed all of its objectives and …

NASA astronauts emerge from SpaceX Dragon Capsule after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico
4 years, 7 months ago

NASA astronauts emerge from SpaceX Dragon Capsule after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico

Daily Mail  

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule and have emerged from the cabin, stepping foot on Earth the first time in 63 days. The team returned to Earth following a two-month mission inside the International Space Station NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashed down in the Gulf …

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spaceship splashes down near Southern California
10 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spaceship splashes down near Southern California

Firstpost  

An unmanned Dragon spaceship splashed back to Earth on Tuesday after a successful supply run to the International Space Station. Los Angeles: An unmanned Dragon spaceship splashed back to Earth on Tuesday after a successful supply run to the International Space Station but its owners were forced to scrub the launch of an important weather satellite on the other side …

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