Stuck In Space: Lookback At 9 Months Of Sunita Williams' Mission At ISS — PICS

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were stuck at International Space Station for nine months after NASA said their earlier schedule was delayed because of technical reasons.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return on Earth at around 3 am IST.

What was supposed to be an 8-day mission for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore at International Space Station extended for nine months after the two were stuck in space. Image: X/@NASA

image The Indian-descent American astronaut Sunita Williams went on her third space expedition in June last year. Image: X/@NASA

Williams and Wilmore left the ISS after nine months on Tuesday in a spacecraft called Dragon. The spacecraft has been sent by Elon Musk-owned SpaceX. Image: X/@NASA

US President Donald Trump accused his predecessor Joe Biden of "leaving them up there." Musk also alleged that they were "left up there for political reasons, which is not good." Image: X/@NASA

The Dragon spacecraft has already undocked from the ISS and will undergo a 17-hours jounrney to reach the Earth. Image: X/@NASA

The spacecraft will splash down off the coast of the American state of Florida at 5:57 p.m. US Eastern (around 3 a.m. Wednesday in India), according to NASA. Image: PTI

Sunita Lyn Williams, is of Indian and Slovene descent with her father Deepak Pandya from Gujarat and her motherUrsuline Bonnie Pandya (née Zalokar) from Slovenia. Image: X/@NASA

Williams made her first trip to the International Space Station in 2006 and is known for her extensive time in space, including nine spacewalks. Image: X/@NASA