Sunita Williams live updates: Prayers, smiles, and safe return for 'stuck' NASA astronauts

Real-time updates on Sunita Williams: After more than nine months in the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth.

Real-time updates on Sunita Williams: Due to unforeseen delays, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore spent more than nine months on the International Space Station (ISS) before returning to Earth. At 5:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday (3:27 a.m. IST on Wednesday), SpaceX's Dragon Freedom capsule successfully splashed down off the Florida coast close to Tallahassee.

Astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Grebyonkin joined "Butch and Suni" when they arrived to the ISS in December as part of a rescue operation organized by SpaceX and NASA.