Williams smiled and waved as she left the re-entry capsule. She and the other returning astronauts were strapped into gurneys and taken for medical exams on the recovery ship before they could return to their families.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, also popularly known as 'Suni and Butch', who have been stuck in the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024 owing to certain technical glitches,

The International Space Station (ISS) is almost the size of a football field. It serves as a laboratory and living space for astronauts, including Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who spent 9 months aboard stranded.