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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Flight Home Highlights | International Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Flight Home Highlights | International Space Station
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia returned to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, completing their long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.
Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on June 6. This completes a stay in space of 171 days for Hague and Gorbunov and 286 days for Williams and Wilmore.
On the main deck of the recovery ship, MEGAN, the crew exited their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. They will undergo medical checks before a short helicopter ride to board a plane for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
At 1:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 18, 2025, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia undocked from the space-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
Video Credit: NASA/JSC Duration: 36 minutes Release Date: March 18, 2025
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