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For NASA astronauts on a 10-day space mission that lasted 9 months, a landing date at last

By Josh Dinner published March 7, 2025 (SPACE.COM)

The "stuck" Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth March 16 after their relief crew arrives, NASA says.
Two NASA astronauts who launched on a short mission to the International Space Station last year that turned into a 10-month marathon finally know when they'll be coming home.
The Boeing Starliner astronauts, who launched on the spacecraft's Crewed Flight Test on June 5, have been living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ever since their capsule returned to Earth without them. On Friday (March 7), NASA cleared a relief crew to launch on SpaceX Dragon next week, clearing the way for their long-awaited return to Earth.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expected to be aboard the ISS for about 10 days, but issues with their Starliner spacecraft forced the space agency to put their return on an hold while the problem was worked on the ground. Ultimately, NASA decided to return Starliner without its crew, leaving Williams and Wilmore on the ISS for a long-duration mission, which — at last — has an end in sight. The astronauts will return to Earth on March 16, NASA officials said Friday.
Starliner departed the space station uncrewed last September. A few weeks later, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov launched on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission with two seats aboard their Dragon spacecraft reserved for Williams and Wilmore during their return journey, originally scheduled for February. All four will return together, after their relief crew arrives.
"When we looked at the situation at the time, we had a Crew-9 launch in front of us. It made sense to take the opportunity to bring Crew-9 up with just two seats and have Butch and Suni fill in, and do the rest of the long-duration mission," ISS program manager Dana Weigel explained Friday during a flight readiness review (FRR) press briefing for the upcoming astronaut launch.
That flight, called Crew-10, will launch four astronauts to the ISS on March 12 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, on a mission expected to last about six months. The launch has gained extra attention in the media, as Crew-10's arrival at the ISS will allow for Crew-9's departure, and the return of Boeing's bygone astronauts Williams and Wilmore.

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