section_path: Career in NASA/Boeing Starliner incident and return to Earth
section_name: Boeing Starliner incident and return to Earth
paragraph_text: Boeing Starliner incident and return to Earth
  
  In 2024, Sunita Williams returned to the ISS on the Boeing Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner. The mission was supposed to last eight days, but technical problems such as helium leaks and propulsion system malfunctions stranded Williams and crewmate Butch Wilmore on the ISS for more than nine months. She returned to Earth with the other crew members of Crew-9, landing safely in the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025.
  
  In 2024, Sunita Williams returned to the ISS on the Boeing Crew Flight Test, the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner. The mission was supposed to last eight days, but technical problems such as helium leaks and propulsion system malfunctions stranded Williams and crewmate Butch Wilmore on the ISS for more than nine months. She returned to Earth with the other crew members of Crew-9, landing safely in the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025.