FACT CHECK: Image Shows Astronaut Prior To Returning Back To Earth
A post shared on X claims to show an astronaut when she returned back to Earth.
Calm down everyone. They have a beauty salon on the ISS which is how she returned with dark roots🤣🤡 pic.twitter.com/dHSaZxLtPB
— MAVERICK X (@MAVERIC68078049) March 19, 2025
Verdict: Misleading
The astronauts returned in white suits, not blue. Other photos show her hair graying.
Fact Check:
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent nine months in space before they returned to Earth on a SpaceX capsule, according to The New York Times. They were originally supposed to spend 8 days there, per the outlet.
Social media users are claiming that Williams returned with dark roots in her hair despite having gray hairs during her time on the International Space Station. One user wrote, “Calm down everyone. They have a beauty salon on the ISS which is how she returned with dark roots.”
This claim is misleading. The astronauts did not return in blue suits but in white suits. Images shared by NASA show them in white suits. (RELATED: Has Elon Musk Launched A Public Campaign To Terminate ‘The View?’)
Welcome home, @AstroHague, @Astro_Suni, Butch, and Aleks! 🌎✨
Crew-9 splashed down safely in the water off the coast of Florida near Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore have returned to Earth from a long-duration science expedition… pic.twitter.com/nWdRqaSTTq
— NASA Astronauts (@NASA_Astronauts) March 19, 2025
A video shared by the White House’s rapid response account shows her with graying hair.
After 286 days in space, @Astro_Suni is finally home. 👏 pic.twitter.com/4GjNSDVCKb
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 18, 2025
“After 286 days in space, @Astro_Suni is finally home,” the account tweeted.