Indian-origin American astronaut Sunita Williams is set to return to Earth on Tuesday evening, concluding her extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft carrying Williams and three other astronauts will undock from the ISS and land off the coast of Florida.

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• Sunita Williams and three astronauts will return to Earth on Tuesday after an extended stay aboard the ISS.
• Their spacecraft, named Dragon, will undock from the ISS at 11:15 p.m. US Eastern (8:45 a.m. IST).
• The crew is expected to splash down off the coast of Florida at 5:57 p.m. US Eastern (3 a.m. IST).
• NASA will live-stream Dragon’s return in partnership with SpaceX as part of the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
• Williams and astronaut Barry Wilmore’s return was delayed due to technical reasons after their original mission was completed 10 months ago.
• SpaceX’s Elon Musk stated that the astronauts could have returned earlier, hinting at political reasons for the delay.
• Williams, 60, is the second Indian-origin American astronaut to gain international recognition.
• She is the daughter of Deepak Pandya from Gujarat and Ursuline Bonnie Pandya from Slovenia.
• Williams’ first journey to the ISS was in 2006 aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
• Her return marks the end of a longer-than-expected mission in space.