NASA had originally planned for Williams and Wilmore to return to Earth at the end of March or April, but on February 11, they announced that SpaceX would switch capsules for upcoming flights.

Astronauts Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, and Butch Wilmore have been living on the space station since June after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on experienced issues while docking.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, far beyond their planned eight-day mission, due to technical issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

NASA and SpaceX (SPACE) have scrubbed Wednesday’s launch attempt of the agency’s Crew-10 mission meant to facilitate the return of U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who have been stuck in space for nine months.