Hague and Gorbunov rode up to the station aboard Freedom in late September, on the launch of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission.

Watch: The Moment Sunita Williams Spacecraft Splashed Down Off Florida Coast ...

Ground teams erupted in cheers as the gumdrop-shaped spacecraft named Freedom, charred from withstanding scorching temperatures of 2,000 degrees Celsius during re-entry, bobbed steadily on the waves ...

After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, a pair of NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday, concluding a mission that captured global attention and became a political flashpoint.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams made a successful splashdown on Tuesday evening, nine months after technical problems with their spacecraft upended what was supposed to be a ...

We got a cute little pod of dolphins, not just one or two," SpaceX engineer Kate Tice said during the NASA-SpaceX webcast of Crew-9's entry ... at the end of Crew-9's orbital stay.

The crew appeared to be greeted by a pod of dolphins which were ... the craft slowed its orbital speed of roughly 17,000 ...

Ground teams erupted in cheers as the gumdrop-shaped spacecraft named Freedom, charred from withstanding scorching temperatures of 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit during re-entry, bobbed steadily on the ...