NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are about to give their first press conference just a couple of hours after returning from the space station in a nine-month mission that was only supposed to last eight days.
Williams and Wilmore, both experienced astronauts, were the first humans to ride Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). But during the flight, which took place in June last year, issues developed with the spacecraft’s thrusters. While it was able to dock, engineers harbored safety concerns that prompted them to bring the Starliner home empty, leaving the pair on the ISS until a return flight could be arranged.
Eventually it was decided to send Crew-9 to the ISS with two spare seats in a scheduled mission last September. Crew-9’s six-month stay ended in the early hours of Tuesday ET as a SpaceX Crew Dragon undocked from the ISS carrying Williams, Wilmore, fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
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How to watch
The press conference will start at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be livestreamed by NASA. You can watch the coverage via the player embedded at the top of this page. NASA’s X account will also carry the same video feed.
