In mid-June, the return of astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams was planned, however, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft presented mechanical failures in the propulsion system, which prevented the astronauts from make your trip back to Earth. Now, with the successful launch of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, this long journey of astronauts Butch and Williams is close to coming to an end, after being postponed last Thursday due to the passage of Hurricane Helen through Florida. Initially, SpaceX's Crew 9 mission was planned to send 4 astronauts, however, the plans changed to leave two seats free, since, upon its return, it is planned to bring back the astronauts trapped on the ISS . On the other hand, the Crew 9 mission is scheduled to dock on Sunday afternoon with the ISS. There, the NASA and ROSCOSMOS astronauts will spend almost 5 months on the ISS where they must carry out around 200 scientific experiments before their return to Earth. The astronauts' return trip to Earth is planned for next year 2025, in February, as planned by SpaceX, NASA and ROSCOSMOS, where astronauts Hague, Gorbounov and the astronauts stranded on the ISS will be on board. Butch and Williams. The private company SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has in recent years provided its services to NASA to transport astronauts from Florida to the ISS.