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.

A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost.

She is one of NASA's most experienced astronauts, falling under the GS-15 category in terms of pay scale. As a GS-15 astronaut, Williams earns an estimated annual salary of $152,258 (around ₹1.32 crore), in addition to other perks.

NASA and SpaceX launched a Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded in space since last June. Just over a day after blasting off,

Astronauts Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, and Butch Wilmore have been living on the space station since June after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on experienced issues while docking.

The four-person Crew-10 aboard the SpaceX capsule reached the ISS on Sunday; NASA astronauts Williams and Wilmore scheduled to undock by Wednesday

Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts. The four newcomers - representing the US,

The four newcomers will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.