NASA astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have safely returned to Earth after a prolonged nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
Their return, originally scheduled for a much shorter stay, was delayed due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.
Williams and Wilmore completed their journey back aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico at 5:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday following a 17-hour trip from the ISS.