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Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are preparing to retreat on Earth since Tuesday.
The two have been at the International Space Station since June. His mission was only scheduled to last a week after the launch of the first Boeing astronaut flight, but they were trapped in space after the problems forced NASA to bring the Boeing Starliner Back empty.
Wilmore, Williams, the Nick Hague crew commander and the Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were originally scheduled to splash on the Florida coast on Wednesday. Now, due to the unfavorable climate, NASA points to the decoupling of the space station at 1:05 am et on Tuesday with Splashdown just before 6 pm on the same day.
“The objective of updated return continues to allow members of the space station crew time to complete the delivery tasks while providing operational flexibility before the less favorable climatic conditions expected for later in the week,” NASA said In a statement.
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This image made of NASA video shows astronauts who greet themselves after a Spacex capsule docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, March 16, 2025. Upper row from the left: Nick Hague, Alexander Gorbunov, Suni Williams, Alexei Ovchinin and Ivan Horse. Lower row from the left: Butch Wilmore, Takuya Onishi, Anne McClain, Kirill Peskov, Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit. (POT)
It is scheduled for a CREW-9 media conference at 7:30 pm, after its return.
Early Sunday morning, The crew-10 reached the space station, Carrying the total number of astronauts to 11.
The Russian Cosmonaut Ivan Vagner took the opportunity to welcome them while putting an alien mask in what a NASA spokesman called a “cheerful moment.”
The Russian Cosmonaut Ivan Vagner uses an alien mask in the port during the arrival of the crew-10 to the International Space Station on March 16, 2025. (NASA/SPACEX)
“It was a wonderful day. Great to see our friends arrive,” Williams told Mission Control.
The four newcomers, NASA astronauts, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, are scheduled to stay in the station for approximately six months.
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In this photo provided by NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inspect the security hardware aboard the International Space Station on August 9, 2024. (POT)
Straight astronauts have been doing scientific research and performing routine maintenance.
Williams told reporters earlier this month that he hoped to return home to see his family and two dogs.
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“It has been a roller coaster for them, probably a little more than for us,” he said.
Jonathan Serrie, Landon Mion and Fox News reuters contributed to this report.
