Astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Needham native Suni Williams are scheduled to make their return to Earth next week. The pair originally set o

Astronauts Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, and Butch Wilmore have been living on the space station since June after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on experienced issues while docking.

Indian origin Astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to leave the International Space station by March 19 at the earliest, said NASA. The American Space agency said that, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 now is targeting no earlier than 7: 03 PM on March 14 as the window for launch of the Transporter-13 mission.