NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore are set to return to Earth after nearly nine months on the International Space Station (ISS). Their original mission was intended to last just eight days but was extended due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.

The International Space Station (ISS) is almost the size of a football field. It serves as a laboratory and living space for astronauts, including Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who spent 9 months aboard stranded.