Astronaut and Massachusetts native Sunita L. Williams is another step closer to returning to Earth. Williams, a native of Needham, and Butch Wilmore of Tennessee have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since last June due to problems with their spacecraft, the Boeing's Starliner.

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Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely returned to Earth after a nine-month ISS mission aboard SpaceX's Dragon Freedom spaceship, which landed off Florida. The mission extended from an initial eight days due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner.