Old video of Sunita Williams’ ISS entry goes viral as recent

This viral video is from June 2024, when Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore entered the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Boeing Starliner.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth on 18 March 2025, after spending over nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts went on an eight-day mission to space were forced the stay in zero gravity for nine months after the Starliner spacecraft developed multiple technical faults. Against this backdrop, a video of Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore has gone viral on social media, showing Sunita Williams dancing with three other astronauts in zero gravity with the claim that it shows her happiness after safely returning to Earth.

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Fact Check- 

The reverse image search on Google with the frames of the video brought us to a report published on 7 June 2024, with the caption, “Sunita Williams dances as Boeing Starliner arrives at space station after 27-hour flight”. This indicates that the video actually shows their arrival at the International Space Station, not their return to Earth.

Moving forward, we found that the same video was on NASA’s official X handle  uploaded on 7 June, 2024. According to the caption. “@NASA_Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are greeted by the @Space_Station crew after @BoeingSpace #Starliner’s first crewed journey from Earth”.

The same video was uploaded to the Boeing Space X handle on June 7, The video showed Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore arriving at the International Space Station. This makes it clear that the viral video is old.

We also found the same video uploaded by NDTV Profit’s YouTube channel on 2024 June. The video was captioned: “NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams’ Victory Dance After Reaching ISS”. This further confirms that the video is not recent. It shows Sunita Williams and her colleague entering the International Space Station in June 2024. 

So, we can understand that Sunita Williams’ dancing video, which shows her entering the ISS in June 2024, was falsely shared as her celebrating after returning to Earth.

Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. This viral video is from June 2024, when Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore entered the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Boeing Starliner.