After nine months stuck in space, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf of America shortly before 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
In a mission that was supposed to last eight days, Williams and Wilmore were stranded at the International Space Station when their Boeing Starliner suffered thruster problems. NASA opted to bring them home via Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Williams and Wilmore came home via SpaceX Dragon, parachuting down off the coast of Tallahassee in the Florida Panhandle at 5:57 p.m. ET to complete their 17-hour trek home.
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