Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other astronauts. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening,

Because of faults with Boeing’s Starliner, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had to wait months for a ride back to Earth on a different spacecraft.

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams returned to Houston on Tuesday night, showing they were well enough to travel after nine months in space.