In June of 2024, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), aboard Boeing’s experimental Starliner spacecraft. The mission’s goal was to kick the proverbial tires and get Starliner ready to join NASA’s crewed mission rotation.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to arrive home on SpaceX after spending 9 months on the ISS after Boeing’s Starliner was sent back empty.

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.