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When will Sunita return to Earth from space?
The Starliner left for the International Space Station on June 5 carrying Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore and the two astronauts were scheduled to return to Earth on June 13. This was Starline's first test flight, but it failed to return on time due to thruster failure and helium leak. Sunita Williams and Wilmore, who went into space on an eight-day test mission, will have to wait a long time to return. Both astronauts have been made part of NASA's Crew 9 mission. Due to which both will now return by February 2025 next year.
NASA was originally scheduled to launch four astronauts from the Crew 9 mission, but a few days ago NASA announced a change, saying that two astronauts would be launched from SpaceX's Dragon capsule, and Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore would be part of it. space station. NASA's Crew 9 mission is scheduled to launch by the end of this month.
An eight day mission shifted to eight months!
Sunita Williams was born in America in the year 1965. Her father Deepak Pandya was an Indian who came to America from Gujarat in 1958. Since Sunita Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998, she has gone on several space missions.
Sunita Williams has previously traveled to space in 2006 and 2012. According to NASA, she has spent a total of 322 days in space. Although this year its mission was only for eight days, a malfunction in Starliner has turned its eight-day mission into eight months.