Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days in space — 278 days more than planned when they blasted off on Boeing’s first astronaut flight on June 5

Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, are back on Earth after splashing down Tuesday off the coast of Florida.

Nasa astronauts, after a record 286 days in space aboard Boeing's Starliner, express confidence in the spacecraft and would fly again, despite its technical challenges