The Boeing Starliner astronauts returned to Earth today

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission lifted off successfully Friday night, taking its crew of four on their way to the International Space Station. After it arrived, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams got their ride back home to Earth after being stranded aboard the ISS for nine months. The astronauts returned on the Crew-9 capsule […]

Mar 19, 2025 - 00:09

The Boeing Starliner astronauts returned to Earth today

The SpaceX Crew-10 mission crew performing an equipment test at Kennedy Space Center. — The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission pictured during an equipment test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Image: SpaceX

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission lifted off successfully Friday night, taking its crew of four on their way to the International Space Station. After it arrived, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams got their ride back home to Earth after being stranded aboard the ISS for nine months. The astronauts returned on the Crew-9 capsule today, along with two astronauts from that mission, splashing down off the coast of Florida at around 5:57PM ET.

Their Boeing Starliner mission that launched to the ISS on June 5th, 2024, was only supposed to last eight days, but issues like thruster failures and helium leaks made it unsafe to return to Earth using Starliner. The spacecraft safely returned, empty, in September.

Follow along here for all of the updates on the Crew-10 launch, as well as the return flight of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.