NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro praised the achievement, emphasising its importance in strengthening American leadership in space and fostering growth in the national space economy.

Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are all set to return to Earth soon after an extended nine-month mission aboard the ISS, facilitated by the successful launch of SpaceX Crew-10.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule in June 2024 for its inaugural crewed flight test. While they were initially scheduled to stay in the space for around a week,