Crew-9 Astronauts returned to Earth today, splashing down in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida around 6:00pm Eastern Time. In addition to Crew-9 Commander Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gobunov, the mission brought home stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Willmore.

Astronauts Williams and Willmore initially arrived at the ISS in June 2024 aboard Boeing's Starliner. However that ship was deemed unsafe for them to return in and since then they have been crashing on the Space Station's couch. Their original mission of just a few days ended up stretching out to 286 days in space.