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The Statesman Siliguri
|March 20, 2025
Their spacecraft successfully splashed down off the Florida coast near Tallahassee, at 3.27 a.m. IST
ASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to earth safely after their Crew 9 Dragon Spacecraft splashdown safely off the coast of Florida.
The astronaut pair returned to earth after spending over nine months at the International Space Station (ISS) due to unexpected delays. Their spacecraft successfully splashed down off the Florida coast near Tallahassee, at 5.57 p.m. ET on Tuesday (3:27 a.m. IST, Wednesday).
This story is from the March 20, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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