Sunita Williams' Return LIVE: NASA SpaceX Crew-9 Back on Earth, Splashdown Complete | Wilmore | N18G

Sunita Williams' Return LIVE: NASA SpaceX Crew-9 Heads Back to Earth, Splashdown | Wilmore | CNBC TV18
A Capsule Full of Grins': Crew-9 Astronauts Welcomed Back to Earth.Following a successful splashdown at 3:27 AM IST, the Crew-9 astronauts were greeted warmly by the control center with the message: "Nick, Alec, Butch, Suni – on behalf of SpaceX, welcome home."
Commander Nick Hague responded enthusiastically, saying, "What a ride." As recovery teams reached the capsule, they reported seeing a "capsule full of grins, ear to ear," capturing the relief and joy of the returning astronauts after their nine-month mission aboard the ISS.
Sunita Williams Return LIVE Updates: After a prolonged nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally embarking on their return journey. Their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully undocked on Wednesday, initiating a 17-hour voyage back to Earth. The astronaut crew will travel back to Earth alongside Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Wilmore and Williams have been stranded on the ISS for nine months after reaching there in June last year. They were supposed to stay there for about a week. The astronauts were transported from Earth to the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

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