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Two NASA astronauts stuck in orbit for nine months finally returned to Earth in a SpaceX craft.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, seated inside a Dragon capsule with two other crew members — NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov — fell to Earth under parachutes and splashed down off the Florida coast around 6 p.m. New York time on Tuesday.
Splashdown confirmed! #Crew9 is now back on Earth in their @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/G5tVyqFbAu
— NASA (@NASA) March 18, 2025
Crews in boats were racing to recover the scorched capsule bobbing in a glassy ocean. After it’s recovered, the astronauts will undergo standard medical checks before flying back to Houston to reunite with their families.
“And splashdown, Crew-9 back on earth,” said Sandra Jones, one of the livestream hosts. “Nick, Alex, Butch, Suni, on behalf of SpaceX, welcome home.”
The astronaut duo’s trip marks the sixth-longest continuous stay at the ISS among NASA astronauts.
Dragon on-orbit shortly after undocking from the @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/lxmTIJuf99
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 18, 2025
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