By the Numbers: Stuck in space

9

The number of days in space initially planned for astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who blasted off June 5 aboard a Boeing Starliner capsule. Problems with the spacecraft, however, left the duo stranded at the International Space Station where they’re still waiting for a return flight with Boeing’s competitor, SpaceX. NASA now says the astronauts’ homecoming won’t happen until mid-March or later.

42

The projected number of weeks Wilmore and Williams will have spent aboard the ISS if they return to Earth in late March, long enough to vault Williams into 12th place for most days spent in space by a human.

371

The number of days Frank Rubio spent on a single spaceflight from 2022 to 2023, the most of any U.S. astronaut.

16

The number of sunrises and sunsets the astronauts witness every day from the ISS, which orbits the Earth at about 17,500 mph.