Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were barely known outside space circles when they strapped in for what was supposed to be a quick test flight last June. Nine months later, they’ve captured the world’s attention and hearts as NASA’s stuck astronauts.

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.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the two NASA astronauts whose one-week stay on the International Space Station grew into a nine-month mission, are now coming home.