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The Crew Dragon capsule containing Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and two other astronauts descends by parachute before their splashdown, following their return to earth from the International Space Station off the coast of Florida, US March 18, 2025 in a still image from video. Photo: NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS
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NASA astronauts 'Butch and Suni' return to Earth after drawn-out mission in space

Their return caps a protracted space mission that was fraught with uncertainty and technical troubles, turning a rare instance of NASA's contingency planning - and the latest failures of...

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, undocks from the ISS to begin a journey to return to Earth March 18, 2025 in this still image taken from video. Photo: NASA/Handout via REUTERS
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NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024. Photo: NASA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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'Butch and Suni' astronauts prepare for Tuesday homecoming after nine-month mission

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Why Sunita Williams will remain in space till Feb 2025 despite SpaceX Dragon docking at ISS

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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SpaceX to return Boeing's Starliner astronauts from space next year: NASA

In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. Photo: NASA via AP
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Boeing's Starliner with Williams and Wilmore stuck in space for entire summer but they're 'enjoying free time'

The ISS may be on a precarious orbit just above politics and terrestrial strife, but it’s still up there, seeing 16 sunrises a day. Photo: Reuters
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New 'Superbug' detected on the International Space Station