Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally back on solid ground.
The NASA astronauts who flew to the space on board the failed Starliner -Space Varitage of Boeing months ago, landed on Tuesday evening off the coast of Florida on a SpaceX Dragon Capsule. The vehicle was the same selected for their return trip months ago when two astronauts of a SpaceX mission were known as Crew-9 reached the international space station.
The crew-9 team, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, were also on board the Dragon Freedom when it made a dramatic parachute-supported Splashdown after a long 17-hour space travel.
For Wilmore and Williams, De Waterlanding brought an end to an unexpected nine -month mission to put a job around the job when they managed the Boeing Starliner for his maiden travel. The vehicle, which experienced technical problems when it reached the orbital laboratory, returned to earth without them in September.
Many people were tailored to live streams of the SpaceX Dragon when he approached the earth to prepare for landing. But if you have missed the return of Wilmore and Williams to Earth, here are pictures of the Dragon's landing, followed by the four space sailing that leaves the vessel.
See photos of SpaceX Dragon Landing Off Florida Coast
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is seen because it lands with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the coast of Tallahassee, Florida.
The Crew Dragon Capsule with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and two other astronauts drops per parachute before their Splashdown off the coast of Florida. The landing came after a 17 -hour journey through the cosmos after destroying the international space station.
The Crew Dragon Capsule with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and two other astronauts floats after their Splashdown after their return to Earth from the international space station off the Florida coast on Wednesday in a stationary image of video.
The Crew Dragon Capsule with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams and two other astronauts floats after their Spatdown after their return to Earth from the international space station off the coast of Florid on March 18, 2025 in a stationary image of video.
The SpaceX Dragon SpaceCraft drives off the coast of Florida while support teams work to restore the vehicle. NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov returned to the capsule on the capsule on Tuesday evening after leaving the international space station.
Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon -Space Varitage shortly after it landed with NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
A SpaceX Support Team member is seen in the air while working to lift the SpaceX Dragon Capsule on a recovery vehicle after landing off the coast of Florida.
See photos of crew-9, Starliner Astronauten Unboarding
From Left to Right, Nasa Astronaut Butch Wilmore, Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Astronaut Nick Hague and astronaut Suni Williams Are Seen Inside A Spacex Dragon After The Spacecraft Wating OFF LANDY SHIP OFF Tallahassee, Florida.
NASA Astronaut Suni Williams is helped from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after a return to Earth after a nine-month stay in the international space station. She and NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore made the failed Boeing Starliner in June.
NASA -STRONAUT Nick HAGUE is helped from the SpaceX Dragon Freedom Capsule aboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after he, Nasa Astronauten Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov returned from the international space station on Tuesday.
Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is helped from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
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