Boeing Starliner crew Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore
Boeing Starliner mission patch
Astronauts Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry Wilmore returned to Earth yesterday, March 18, 2025 after nine months in space. They launched aboard the Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station in June 2024 for an eight-day mission. However, the Starliner's thrusters malfunctioned as it approached the ISS, and NASA determined it was too risky for the crew to return. The spacecraft returned uncrewed on September 7, 2024.
SpaceX Crew-9 launched on September 28, 2024 to the ISS with astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft carried all four home.
