Here’s a look at their time orbiting planet Earth, by the numbers:
3: The number of times Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore have each been to space.
8: The number of days that the two initially planned to spend at the International Space Station during this mission.
285: The number of days that Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore will have spent at the space station (the total rises to 286 days if you include the trip up in June and the trip down on Tuesday).
5: The number of thrusters on Starliner, the Boeing spacecraft that malfunctioned as it approached the space station in June.
2,746: The number of times that Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore could have watched the movie “The Martian,” about a fictional NASA astronaut who was definitely stranded on Mars.
121,347,491: The number of miles Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore will have traveled by the end of their journey.
0: The number of frequent flier miles the astronauts can claim from major airlines.
4,576: The number of times the astronauts will have orbited Earth.
8: The number of visiting spacecraft the two astronauts saw come and go during their time on the space station.
2: The number of total ballots cast by Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore from space in the 2024 presidential election.
608: The number of days Ms. Williams will have spent in space during her lifetime. The only American astronaut who has spent more time in space is Peggy Whitson, who spent 675 days in space.
464: The total number of days Mr. Wilmore will have spent in space.
1: The number of reindeers they made out of spare stowage bags and brown industrial clips during the holiday season.
2: The number of spacewalks Ms. Williams conducted during her nine-month stint in space. She has completed nine total spacewalks during her career.
62 hours 6 minutes: The total amount of time Ms. Williams has spent spacewalking. She now holds the record for total spacewalking time by a female astronaut.
1: The number of spacewalks by Mr. Wilmore on this mission. He has completed five spacewalks during his career.
31 hours 2 minutes: The total amount of time Mr. Wilmore has spent on spacewalks.
7: The number of days that newly arriving astronauts typically overlap with those who are departing from the International Space Station.
2: The expected number of days for the handover this time. It has been accelerated to save on food and other supplies, and because the weather is expected to worsen at the possible splashdown sites.
2: The number of family dogs eager to greet Ms. Williams.
