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Highlights: NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of Florida around 5:57 p.m.

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What we know: NASA SpaceX Crew-9 to return Tuesday with 'stuck' Starliner astronauts

NASA removed two astronauts from its Crew-9 mission to allow for Williams and Wilmore to join the cohort, and return onboard the SpaceX Dragon − which carries four people at a time. The altered Crew-9 − only Hague and Gorbunov − launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom in late September.

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NASA astronauts return to Earth after nine months in space

After nine months on the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on March 18.

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Starliner saga: See photos of astronauts landing, exiting SpaceX Dragon in Florida

Four astronauts were all smiles Tuesday evening when they splashed down off the Florida coast on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. See ...

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SpaceX's Crew-10 mission arrives at International Space Station to relieve Starliner astronauts (video)

Crew-10's Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance, caught up with the station early Sunday morning (March 16), docking with its ...

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Failure to launch: the huge rocket ‘stuck’ in a small Australian town

As tens of millions of people around the world watched two US astronauts safely return to earth, a key player in Australia’s ...

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Sunita Williams Return: 'We Are Going to Take Some Time to Celebrate,' Says NASA

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...

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What nine months in space does to the human body

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?

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Watch video as dolphins join welcome crew to greet astronauts after SpaceX returns to Earth

A pod of dolphins joined the welcome crew March 18, 2025, splashing around the SpaceX capsule as a team worked to remove the ...

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