Stuck NASA astronauts head back to Earth after 9 months in space

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Stuck NASA astronauts head back to Earth after 9 months in space  Two NASA test astronauts were finally on their way back to Earth after nine months stranded in space following faults with Boeing's Starliner capsule.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/18/stuck-nasa-astronauts-head-back-to-earth-after-9-months-in-space  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months

00:06are finally on their way back to Earth.

00:09Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the ISS early on Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX capsule.

00:16Weather permitting, they're expected to splash down off the Florida coast by early evening

00:20local time.

00:22The pair thought they'd be in space for around a week after launching on Boeing's new Starliner

00:26crew capsule on the 5th of June.

00:29But a raft of technical problems meant that NASA eventually sent the Starliner back empty

00:34and transferred the test pilots to SpaceX, pushing their homecoming into February.

00:39Then SpaceX capsule issues added another month's delay.

00:43Sunday's arrival of the relief crew meant Wilmore and Williams could finally leave.

00:48Their plight captured the world's attention and while other astronauts have logged longer

00:52stays in space, none saw the length of their mission expand by so much.

00:57Both retired Navy captains, Wilmore and Williams, stressed they didn't mind spending more time

01:02in space but acknowledged it was tough on their families.

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