Sunita Williams' 17-hour journey from ISS to Earth | In pics

Sunita Williams returned to Earth onboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, which splashed down in the sea off the coast of Tallahassee,

Updated on Mar 19, 2025 12:46 PM IST 10 Photos
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After nine months of being stranded at the International Space Station, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned back to Earth on the SpaceX Crew Dragon with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov(NASA/X)

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On March 18, the SpaceX capsule carrying Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with the two other astronauts departed from the International Space Station.(NASA/X)

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After it's successful departure, the mission aimed for a splashdown on the Florida coast within five hours.(@NASA)

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After landing in the water, Butch Wilmore, Alexander Gorbunov, Nick Hague and Sunita Williams sat in the SpaceX recovery ship Megan(NASA via AP)

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Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico and splashdown occurred off the coast of Tallahassee.(NASA/X)

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