Nasa-SpaceX mission live: splashdown expected soon as stranded US astronauts head back to Earth after nine months

Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Suni Williams expected to splash down just before 6pm ET in Florida, along with Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr GorbunovNasa astronauts heading back to EarthThe deorbit burn is complete, NASA says.The tone of NASA’s live coverage today is really striking: it’s being narrated in a way that sounds a lot like the move-by-move commentary of a sports game, complete with detailed information on the various “stats” of the four astronauts returning home to earth. Continue reading...

Mar 18, 2025 - 22:39
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Nasa-SpaceX mission live: splashdown expected soon as stranded US astronauts head back to Earth after nine months

Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Suni Williams expected to splash down just before 6pm ET in Florida, along with Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov

The deorbit burn is complete, NASA says.

The tone of NASA’s live coverage today is really striking: it’s being narrated in a way that sounds a lot like the move-by-move commentary of a sports game, complete with detailed information on the various “stats” of the four astronauts returning home to earth. Continue reading...