Overview

• NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were stranded on the ISS for nine months due to technical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
• The duo will return to Earth aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule alongside Crew-9 members Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov on March 18.
• Their extended mission included contributions to ISS operations, with Williams serving as station commander and both astronauts participating in spacewalks.
• The return follows the arrival of SpaceX Crew-10, which temporarily brought the ISS crew count to 11 before Crew-9's departure.
• NASA has yet to confirm the timeline for Boeing's Starliner to conduct another crewed test flight after its reliability issues.