LIVE: Sunita Williams Homecoming Countdown | NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Re-Entry And Splashdown
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are returning to Earth on March 18, after over nine months on the ISS. They’ll splash down off Florida at 5:57 pm (21:57 GMT), marking the end of their extended mission. Stay tuned in with Republic World for all the latest updates
Sunita Williams’ Homecoming LIVE: After more than nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are set to return to Earth today (Tuesday, March 18), the space agency confirmed. "The updated return target continues to allow the space station crew members time to complete handover duties while providing operational flexibility ahead of less favourable weather conditions expected for later in the week," NASA said.
ELEMENT 1
SUNITA WILLIAMS COMPLETED 285 DAYS … 4500 ORBITS OF EARTH … 121 MILLION MILES (194 MILLION KMS)
ELEMENT 2
DRAGON SPACECRAFT FLIGHT TO ISS – 8 HRS
DRAGON SPACECRAFT FLIGHT BACK – 17 HRS
ELEMENT 3
DRAGON SPACECRAFT MANEUVERS
1. UNDOCKING (COMPLETED)
2. SEPARATION BURN (TO CREATE DISTANCE WITH ISS) (COMPLETED)
3. PHASING BURN (TO LOWER ORBIT AND ALIGN WITH LANDING PATH) (COMPLETED)
4. DE-ORBIT (HAPPENING)
5. RE-ENTRY (TO HAPPEN)
6. SPLASH DOWN (TO HAPPEN)
ELEMENT 4
NOT THE LONGEST SPACE FLIGHT…
FRANK RUBIO … 371 DAYS
MARK T VANDE HEI … 355 DAYS
SCOTT KELLY … 340 DAYS
CHRISTINA COOK … 328 DAYS
PEGGY WATSON … 289 DAYS
SUNITA WILLIAMS … 285 DAYS
ELEMENT 5
SUNITA WILLIAMS
TOTAL DAYS IN SPACE: 608 (SECOND MOST TIME IN SPACE BY A NASA ASTRONAUT)
SPACE MISSIONS: 3 (2007, 2012, 2024-25)
SPACE WALKS: 9 (2 IN THIS MISSION)
TOTAL TIME WALKING IN SPACE: 62 HRS 6 MIN
SPACECRAFTS FLOWN: SOYUZ, SHUTTLE, DRAGON, STARLINER
LONGEST TIME IN SPACE BY PEGGY WHITSON (675 DAYS IN SPACE) … SO BOTH NUMBER 1 AND 2 HUMANS TO HAVE SPENT MAXIMUM TIME IN SPACE ARE WOMEN
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