Where Will SpaceX Crew Dragon With Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore Land In US

<p>Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have departed from the International Space Station and are on their way back to Earth in SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.</p>
<p>NASA has said that Crew-9 undocked at 10:35 am and is expected to complete its return journey in 17 hours.</p>
<p>Sunita Williams and Wilmore were on a Boeing Starliner spacecraft to test its maiden crewed voyage in June last year and went on space expedition, which was expected to last for a few weeks. However, the Boeing Starliner suffered propulsion issues and was deemed unfit by the space administration to fly the duo astronauts back to Earth.</p>
<p>The two astronauts were stranded in space for nine months on the orbital hub.</p>
<p>After much efforts, the two began their journey back home in Elon Musk’s SpaceX-launched Dragon spacecraft on Tuesday.</p>
<h3>When And Where Will The Dragon Spacecraft Land?</h3>
<p>NASA astronauts Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore started for Earth on Tuesday morning and are expected to reach Earth after a 17-hour journey.</p>
<p>The Crew Dragon will make a splashdown off the Gulf Coast near Tallahassee in Florida in the US. The location was decided among several potential locations depending on weather and ocean conditions.</p>
<p>The splashdown will be off the Gulf Coast in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) at around 3:27 am on Wednesday IST. However, the precise timing and location could change depending on weather conditions.</p>
<p>After the splashdown, the crews will recover the vehicle and help the astronauts exit onto a ship and Williams and Wilmore will step out breathing the Earth’s air for the first time in nine months.&nbsp;The astronauts will then be flown to Houston, the home of the Johnson Space Center, which is the hub of NASA&rsquo;s human spaceflight operations.</p>
<p>Wilmore and Williams have been in space for almost 286 days. This is far longer than a standard ISS mission that usually lasts 6 months. However, the record for the highest time spent in space is held by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio who spent 371 days at a stretch in space due to a spacecraft glitch.</p>